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AST year Michigan farmers
bought approximately 60,000
_ bushels of the 315,000 bushel
Michigan certified seed- potato crop
of 1922. The results secured from
this certified seed bought by more
than 2,000 growers were so satis-
factory that this spring a. much larg-
er quantity of certified potatoes will
be planted by Michigan farmers.

Several of the Southern counties
report that the acreage planted to
certified seed this year will be twice
that of last season. The reason for
the more general use of certified
seed in growing potatoes for market
is because the certified seed gives an
average yield of nearly 40 bushels
more per acre than does the ordin-
ary run of seed and furthermore
the quality of the crop grown from
ceritfied seed is far superior to that
from common seed. The statements
here made are based on the results
secured in 1923 on approximately
500- tests or demonstrations in
which certified seed was planted in
comparison with uncertified stock.
A study of the detailed reports re-
ceived from over a. hundred of the
purchasers of the certified seed
showed practically the same results
as did the tests.

Floyd Algoe of Oakland county
purchased last spring several bush-
els of certified seed from the Upper
Peninsula. He grew it in compari-
son with some of his own stock
which was uncertified. Last fall
after the crop was harvested he sub-
mitted the following report:

Yield per acre of U. S. No. 1 from
Mich. cert. seed, 275 bu.; Yield per
acre of U. S. No. 1 from nncertified
seed, 125 bu.; Quality of crop from
Mich. certified seed, fine; Quality of
crop from other seed stock, fair.

Mr. Fred E. Moeller at Kinds,
Huron county, tested out certified
seed last year to his own satisfac-
tion. The certified seed yielded at
the rate of 200 bushels per acre
while the uncertified stock averaged
135 bushels per acre. 90 per cent
of the crop grown from certified
seed was. marketable while only 60
per cent of the lot grown from un-
certitfied seed was marketable.

In most all cases where tests were
made or reports were secured it was
found that the certified seed yielded
a. large percentage of medium uni-
form sized potatoes than did the un-
certified seed. The market demands
medium sized smooth potatoes that
are of high quality. Planting certi-
fied seed is one of the big factors in
producing the kind of potatoes the
market wants.

Certified seed is seed that has
been carefully selected over a. per-
iod of several years and that has
been grown under the most approv-
ed cultural methods. That is the
reason why it has outyielded uncert-
ified seed in most every test that
has been conducted.

Those who are growing certified
seed are required to hill select their
seed stock in the fall; they are ob-
liged to use a long rotation of crops
and to treat the seed with corrosive
sublimate before planting. Only
high grade certified seed can be
planted for the production of certi-
fied seed. Certified fields must be
sprayed at least 5 times during the
growing season with bordeaux mix-
ture using a high pressure machine.
This thorough spraying keeps the
vines healthy and makes for vigor-

HEN the Michigan Agricultural

College opens its fall term it

will have as its president Dr.
Kenyon L. Butterfield, now at the
head of the Massachusetts Agricul-
tural Collge, Amhurst, Mass. He
has filed his resignation from the
Massachusetts Agricultural College
and is expected to be at East Lans-
ing in time 'for the commencement
exercises in J 11118. Dr. Butterfield
takes the place of Acting-President
Shaw.

Dr. Butterfield is well known in
Michigan. He was born at Lapeer
in 1868 and was educated in that
town and Port Huron and the M. A.
C. and University of Michigan.
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By E. C. MOORE

Michizsm Agricultural College 7
one high yielding seed.. In the'

ceived the degree of Master of Art»

    

certified seed work all diseased and
weak hills are removed from the
fields before certification is granted.

Careful field and bin inspection are _

made by competently trained men
from the Michigan Agricultural Col-
lege and all the fields and stocks
that do not measure up to the high
standards set for the inspection and
certification service are disqualified.
Certified seed is shipped in sacks
containing 150 pounds. Each suck
is sealed and bears a. certification
tag.

Careful observation has shown

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that many growers are getting in- ‘

ferior yields of poor quality pota-

toes because they are planting infer- '

ior seed. Much of the ordinary

seed stock planted in the state is ,
badly infested with such diseases as '

mosaic, leaf roll, fusarium wilt,
black leg, and black scurf. These
diseases are largely responsible for
the so-called “running out" or de-

generation of seed stocks. It is ,

surprising how few growers recog-
nize the diseases here named and
fail to realize the importance of
planting high yielding disease free
seed. All growers whose seed po-
tatoes are not of desirable qualities
should procure certified seed this
spring. Thus far this year approx-
imately 250,000 bushels of Michi-
gan certified seed have been sold;
the bulk of this seed has gone to
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and
other states. ,There are still avail-
able for sale several hundred bush-
els of high quality certified seed
that can be had at a very reason-
able price. It is hoped that prac—
tically all of the seed left will be
purchased by Michigan growers who
are in need of good seed. Infor-
mation concerning sources of certi-
fied seed can be procured from the

Michigan Agricultural College, East .

Lansing, Michigan.

BUSINESS MEN ASSIST IN COW
TESTING ASSOCIATION

l S a result of a series of meetings ‘

* put on jointly by the farmers
of northern Bay county and the
Pinconning Booster’s’ Club, another
group of farmers have organized to
bring about greater efficiency in their
dairy business thru the cow testing
association. At a meeting held Week
before last, the following officers
were chosen: J. L. Millard, president,
Charles Sass, vice president, William
Slusser, secretary-treasurer, J o h 11
Gibson and Felix Pingot, Directors.
For a long While the business men
in northern Bay county have seen

their business decrease as the busi- '

ness of their farmer—patrons became
less and last fall they decided to
render first aid to the town’s lead-
ing industry—agriculture. They
fostered a series of meetings which
culminated in the organization of
the cow testing association. This
means that 26 farmers are declaring
war on the “sla.cker"-cow, and are
going to feed more efficiently, thus
insuring greater profits. Mr. A. C.
Baltzer of the M. A. C. assisted ma.-
terially in organizing the association.
——E. J. Leenhouts.

Twenty-five billion telephone calls were

made in the United States last year, ac- .

cording to the Michigan Public Utility
Information Bureau. This is equivalent
to 25 calls a. minute for each unit of
time during the entire Christian era.

graduating from the Michigan Agri-
cultural College.

After completing his college train-
ing he became interested in Grange
work and was editor of the Grange
Visitor for seVeral years. In 1891
and 1892 he was assistant secretary
of the M. A. C. and from 1896 to
1899 field agent.

Butteriield Becomes New Head of M. A. C:

He became presi- .

dent of the Rhode Island Agricul- I

tural and Mechanical College in
1902, and held that position until
1906 when he accepted the presi-
dency of the Massachusetts Agricul-
tural College.

This is the second time that Mr.

'nuttenneld has been

suggested as
head of the M. A. 0. Back in 1915

when J. L. Snyder resigned from the ‘

presidency it

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- , Powell’s Tax Articles Open A Merry Debate

Govemor’s Secretary, Elton R. Eaton, Takes Issue With Stanley M. Powell Regarding Article
in April 12th Business Farmer

O the Editorz—I am sure I am
following the right course in
not taking up the Governor’s

time in placing before him the mis-
leading article which appeared in
your issue of April 12, entitled
“What Funds Are Spent Must First
Be Raised," by Stanley M. Powell,
you courteously sent to this office
and I know you will agree with me
after reading my letter.

In Mr. Slocum’s editorial he call-
ed particular attention to the figures
regarding the cost of operating the
three State prisons. He says that
he does not believe them to be fair-
ly stated in the article referred to.

‘ Mr. Slocum is correct in what he

says about this. It is silly for any
person to state that it did not cost
the State of Michigan anything to
operate Jackson prison in 1916.

The records of the Accounting Di-
vision are open to public inspection
and if the writer of the article or
anyone else desires accurate infor-
mation as to the cost of maintaining
State Institutions, it can be easily
ascertained. But it is quite appar—
ent that the writer did not care to
place before your readers an honest
statement of conditions. Of course,
it must be admitted that previous to
three years ago there was practical-
ly no system in keeping State ac-
counts and sometimes it is diflicult
to secure information about the cost
of operating State Institutions prev-
ious to that time. However, if Mr.
Slocum had believed the facts pub-
lished to be inaccurate relative to
State expenses, it would seem to me
as though he should have secured

the correct information previous to’

the publication of the article. It is
however, he did not see
the article before publication.

Many Inaccuracies

~ I have glanced over some of the
statements made and the one thing
that surprises me is the fact that so
many inaccuracies could be made in
such "a brief article. Not a single
appropriation made by the State
Legislature for any of the
structures has been overdrawn. In
the past three years Governor
Groesbeck has reduced the State tax
from 21 millions to 16 millions of
dollars. The 30 million dollars
voted for a soldiers’ bonus and the
50 million dollars authorized by the
voters for highway construction are
charged up by this careless writer as
debts incurred by the present State
administration. It is also difficult
to conceive how anyone can charge
up as a State expenditure money
transferred from the general fund
where it draws two per cent interest
to another State fund where it
makes four per cent for the taxpay-
ers. That is going a long way to
deceive the reader who does not
take time to analyze these matters
and who depends upon publications
for his information about public
questions.

It is common knowledge that any
money the State can spend must
first be appropriated by the State
Legislature. The questidn of State
administration resolves itself down
to but one issue and that is, how
well and judiciously is the money
spent that is appropriated by the
Legislature, and I doubt if ever in
the history of the State of Michigan
has this commonwealth secured so
much for every dollar spent as it
has during the past three years. To
date there is not a single overdrawn
appropriation and every building
now under construction by the State
is going to be completed within the

- amount of the appropriation made

.the' Legislature. On April 30th

 

 

m a cash balance, in all of

nevw

the various State funds of $19,144,-
029.50. v

It might be interesting to you also
to know that the centralized purch-
asing and accounting system, estab-
lished under the present administra-
tion and which is assailed in your
article, is saving to the taxpayers
many hundreds of thousands of dol—
lars each year. For the fiscal year
which ended July 1, 1920, the State
of Michigan by taking advantage of
cash discounts on- purchases saved
$10,050.57. The saving made by
cash discounts durin: the last fiscal
year ending July 1, 192.3, amounted
to the large sum of $177,546.77. No
one in my mind with an honest in-
tent would so deliberately misstate
so many facts as appeared in the
article in question and hold up- to
ridicule the Departments who are
making such savings to the State.

Permit me again to say that the
State records are open to public in-
spection and any information you
or any other person desire pertain-
ing to the expenses of any State
Institution or Department can be
easily and correctly secured. If the
writer of the article mentioned de-
sired to give your readers some-
thing accurate about Michigan pris-
ons he could not only have secured
correct information from State rec-

ords in Lansing but he could have

easily obtained additional and cor-
rect facts from the Department of
Labor at Washington, I). C. This
Department recently issued a report
placing Michigan’s prisons among
the best in the Nation not only in
prison work and the number of men
employed in useful labor but in the
value of goods produced and dispos—
ed of, and not one bit of this from
contract—convict labor.

Why also did he not say some-
thing about the millions of dollars
Governor Groesbeck has saved to
property owners through his action
in forcing down fire insurance
rates? Why did he not say some—
thing about the vast sum he is sav-
ing to the taxpayers by giving his
personal attention to road building
and to the management of various
State institutions? Of course, there
is but one conclusion to draw after
glancing through the article. It was
the writer’s purpose to mislead the
readers of your paper about State
affairs. Respectfully, Elton R.
Eaton, Secretary to the Governor.

Mr. Powell’s Answer

0 the Editorz—I wish to thank
you for your courtesy in send—
ing me copy of the letter which

you received from Mr. E. R. Eaton,
secretary to the Governor, and for
advising me that you intend to pub-
lish this letter in your columns.

After reading the rather pointless

and altogether discourteous com—
ments voiced by Mr. Eaton, we re-
j01ce to note that the Governor did
not waste any of his precious time
in personal preparation of this re—
ply. Our conscience even pricks us a
little for bothering Mr. Eaton with
any trivial matters, such as state

taxation. He is probably blissfully
unaware of the fact that the proper-
ty returned delinquent for taxes is
increasing by leaps and bounds in
Michigan and has already exceeded
the staggering total of $465,000,000
per annum.

We take it that Mr. Eaton must
be very busy, for practically a month
elapsed between the publication of
the article and the receipt of his re—
ply. We suggest that this matter
might well have been turned over to
one of the 127 employees of the
State Administrative Board. Any of
them with a little imagination and
a very superficial knowledge of state
affairs, and a command of unkind
attacks on my motives and personal
character, might have male a reply
about as constructive and helpful
as the one which you received.

It is, however, gratifying to note
that nowhere in this reply is there
the slightest attempt to dispute my
fundamental statement that what
funds are spent must first be raised.
The fact that during the year end-
ing June 30, 1923, the State of Mich—
igan disbursed about $71,500,00 re—
mains unchallenged. My argument
that “if Michigan spends a dollar
she must have a dollar in revenue
to meet that expenditure, and also
if Michigan has that dollar in rov-
enuc, we the people of Michigan
must contribute our share toward
the raising of that revenue”, stills
stands unrefuted.

His Figures Agree “Hill Minn

Mr. Eaton’s statement that “in
the past three years Governor Groes—
book has reducd the state tax from
$21,000,000 to $16,000,000” is
amusing, in View of the fact, that I
said in my article, “the first of these,
the general property tax has been
kept down surprisingly and this fact
has been used by the administration
in an effort to bolster up claims of
economy and efficiency in state gov—
ernment. For the year ending June
30, 1924, this item amounted to an
even $16,000,000 which was less
than that for any of the preceding
three years. This fact is widely ad—
vertised. Little is said about the
growth of other forms of taxation”.

Of course, Mr. Eaton would not
care to dispute the fact that this
general property tax was only kept
down through devising new means
of raising the greatly augmented
total of revenue required to run the
government of Michigan today. Aud-
itor General 0. B. Fuller or anyone
else familiar with the financial af—
fairs of the state would readily ad—
mit that had it not been for the corp-
oration tax and certain other new
fees and licenses recently put into
effect, the state general property
tax would have of necessity gone up
by leaps and bounds, and again we
call the attention of your readers to
the fact that every dollar that is
spent by the state must first be rais—
ed, and every dollar that is raised
must be paid by us the people,
either through direct or indirect
taxation.

 

 

CONTINUE TO DRIVE TAX QUESTICVS HOME

I WANT to thank you and compliment you on your splendid article

in The Business Farmer of 'April 12th.

I hope you will continue

to drive these tax questions home to the people for it is a serious
question and selling bonds to create revenue is surely no way to keep

out of the wilderness.

Farmers are actually

losing their farms

through high taxes and the inequality in prices which they pay and
which they receive.——David H. Brake, Fremont, Mich.

 

 

, that the actual conditions.

Mr. Eaton says that he has
“glanced” over some of the state-
ments in this article. I believe that
glanced must be the right word. For
instance, he accuses me, whom he
terms a “careless writer”, of charg-
ing up the $30,000,000 voted for
soldier bonus as a debt incurred by
the present state administration. He
probably glanced over my article so
rapidly that he failed to notice that
I specificially excluded revenue de-
rived from the sale of soldier bonus
bonds when I computed the total re-
ceipts for the state, and that I also
disregarded the item of soldier bon-
us bonds when I made a compari-
son of state expenditures for the
past few years.

It is hard to tell what Mr. Eaton
means when he says, “It is also dif—
ficult to conceive how anyone can
charge up as a state expenditure
money transferred from the general
funds where it draws 2% interest,
to another state fund where it makes
4%- for the taxpayers.” If he re—
fers to the matter of transfers and
revolving funds I believe he will find
if he cares to visit the office of the
Auditor General, that my figures
have made duc allowance for these
various items.

Fuller ()kchs My Figures

In disputing the evidence and fig-
ures which I have presented, Mr.
ldzlton shows surprising ignorance
of state financial conditions. In not
loss that six portions of his com-
ments, ho indicates that I am misin-
formed and am attemptingr to mis-
state the facts and mislead the pub—
lic. However, ho docs not see fit
to correct any of my figures. I
wish to assure him and the readers
of Tm: BUSINESS FARMER that I have
taken the article in question to Mr.
C. B. Fuller, Auditor General of the
State of Michigan, and he has been
over these figures and finds them
substantially correct, although some
of them are slightly more moderate
It is in-
teresting to me to find out that the
figures which I quoted from the
Michigan Tradesman regarding the
cost of running the three state pris—
ons in Michigan, were practically
identical with those found in the re-
cords of the Auditor General.

Mr. Eaton says, “It is silly for any
person to state that it did not cost
the. State of Michigan anything to
operate Jackson Prison in 1916."
But if he will consult the records of
the Auditor General he will find that
nothing was paid out for the run-
ning expenses of the Jackson Prison
during the year 1916, nor were there
any requests for such financial aid
from the State.

Gross Exaggeration of Facts

The charge he makes that, “It
must be admitted that previous to
three years ago there was practicah
ly no system in keeping state ac~
counts and sometimes it is difficult
to secure information about the cost
of operating state institutions pre-
vious to that time,” is a gross exag-
geration of the facts, because the
records on file in the office of the
Auditor General and of the State
Treasurer show authentically and
accurately just what, was paid for
each institution each year, even be-
fore the advent of our present highly
centralized state administration.

A man as close to the work of the
State Administrative Board and the
present government of Michigan as W
the secretary to the Governor
should know better than to say “It
is common knowledge that any
money the state can spend must first
be appropriated by the state legislap
ture.” If this were a. fact, I should :

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_j4v (548)  THE BUSINESS FARMER ‘ ~ ma§“24,1924,

Red Rock Wheat Is Good Flour Producer  .1

Department of Agriculture Pronouncesi Product of M. A. C. Best Milling and Baking

ME was when the virgin soils of  Red Wlnter Wheat Grown ln Unlted States bor. Thousands of individual plants
, Michigan not only produced By FRANK A. SPRAGG were selected and the better of the

 

 large yields of grain, but it Was progenies grown to compare their

3:; customary to plow under a crop of Assistant Professor of Farm Crops, M. A. C. yielding power.

3 clover in preparation for a grain , , _|  ‘ To make a long story short, a red

ii crop. In those prosperous times,  '  ~ ~ - _ ‘ "  grain picked out of a bushel of

i‘ Michigan was renowned on the  . » -  white wheat, known as Plymouth
market for its “Michigan Amber.” .. ' ' ' I ’ Rock, became the progenitor of Red
It seems quite impossible to assign  t .  V Rock. This seed was planted in the

this so—called “Michigan Amber” to
a definite variety. Several have
tried to do so, and have isolated
different types that they call by this
name. If this market grade could
not be assigned to any one variety,
to What then was this distinction
due? The quality must have been
due to the fertility of the soil on
which the wheat was produced.
Quality in wheat, as Well as pro—
duction, is due to the soil and con-
ditions in which the crop is produc—
ed. The Red Rock is capable under
the most favorable conditions of
producing wheat that weighs 64

fall of 1908 and produced a selected
plant in 1909. Its progeny was in-
creased enough so that in the fall of
1911, there was enough seed to
plant a regular plat in the varietal
series. This plat produced four
times as much grain as the old
standard which stood by its side in
the season of 1912. ‘This was due
largely to ice sheets in the winter of
1911 and 1912.

The new variety which has since
been called Red Rock, proved to be
a good flour producer and has re-
cently been pronounced the best
milling and baking soft red winter

   

pounds to the bushel. 'Such wheat  ' -- " - '~  ‘ '~ ~‘ I ' t" 7 v " '  Wheat by the United States Depart-
is clear vitreous, quite hard. and un- ment 0f AngCUItuI‘e. Bulletin No.
usually good milling. This shows This is a general view of two wheat plats that are being increased for distribution 1183. Red Rock has the stiffest
what Red Rock is capable of when from the M. A. C. One of these was Berkeley Rock. This variety had shown Straw that .we have been able to

. . itself to be mm" winter hardy and a. better flour )rodueer than Red Rock.
properly fed. Under conditlons ‘ ‘ find. It has been used as the stand-

whore clover has failed; and the yield he needs to supply phosphor— er cause was that the varieties of ard variety with which all other var~
farmer has been growing corn con- 0118, another, plant food that has red wheat had become'so thorough- ieties have been compared from the
tinuously for the past few years, the been sold off the farm in the years ly mixed by thrashing machines in standpoint of yield since 1912. No
Red Rock is yellow berry and little that have past. This is the most recent years, that farmers no long- variety has yet been found at M. A.
better in quality than a long line of quickly supplied to the plant in the or grew definite varieties. Certain C. that will consistently outyield the
the common varieties that farmers form of acid phosphate, which of the white wheats which had been Red Rock as an average of a series

may raise. should be sown at the rate of 200 more recently produced by selection of years. Some varieties have yield-
What is yellow berry wheat? The to 250 pounds to the acre, but not and breeding, where the leading va— ed more than Red Rock some years,

wheat grain is made up of a mixture in contract with the wheat grains. rieties in 1916. p but they have been much poorer

of starch and protein. The starch Yield and quality of a wheat The problem was to find a wheat producers in other years.

is produced by the plant out of wat- crop depend first upon a variety that had quality as well as yield. Peck lots of Red Rock were in~

er and what it gets from the air. To that is capable of «properly using the The existing white wheats were troduced to Michigan Farmers in
produce protein. the plant must also fertility supplied. Yield depends poor millers because they made the fall of 1913. These were sent
have nitrogen that is represented on upon many other factors, however. poor flour, suited to biscuits and to County Agents who located farm-
the farm usually in the form of alf— Wheat cannot withstand the hard— pastry but not to bread making. ers that would take care of the pro—
alfa and clover. If some such le— ship that rye can, and must be Now the redness of wheat is only duction. To illustrate, the peck
gumes have been plowed under, and planted about September 20th at “skin—deep,” as it is all taken off in sent to Allegan county, was sown on
lime has been supplied to keep the Lansing and earlier as one goes the bran. There seemed no good the farm of Mr. John Odell about
soil SWeet that the nitrogen may be north. It pays to give the land reason Why there may not be a seven miles south of Allegan. He
available, the plant also has a sup- good tilth and prepare a good seed white wheat with good milling had a large fertile garden and sow-
,ply of protein. Yellow berry is a bed, that the wheat may get a quick quality. Such a white wheat has ed the Red Rock on a half of this
condition in wheat where the start, and make a rapid growth. since been produced (ten years piece. As a result, he had enough
starchy framework of the grain has When the writer undertook the later) from an artificial cross be— wheat in 1914 to sow seven acres,
not been properly filed with protein. breeding of better varieties of tween a white wheat and "a red and had seed for sale in 1915. It
The yellow berry grains is lighter wheat, now eighteen years ago, the wheat with high milling quality. At was a bearded wheat, and it seemed

 

 

 

than the Vitreous grains for the white wheats of the type of Daw— that time investigation failed to that was all his neighbors wanted to
same reason that snow is lighter son’s Golden Chaff and Plymouth find a good milling white. Nature know about it. He took a few
than ice. Yellow Berry indicates low Rock were the highest producers it seems had not produced such a ushels down to the local miller,
proteins which means low milling under Michigan conditions. The soils variety. Who made some flour and ran a bak-
and baking quality. It is evident that had been worn ‘by thirty or The most vitreous grains were ing test. Then the miller became
that the market renown that Michi— forty years of culture during which selected out of hundreds of samples enthusiastic. He found that the
gan once had was due to its soil little plant food had been supplied and each lot was planted in a separ— Red Rock made unusually good
fertility. were no longer able to produce good ate plat, with the grains separately bread, and told his farmer friends
If the farmer is also interested in yields from the red wheats. Anoth— planted five inches from its neigh- (Continued on Page 21)
I d' a 'ons e rowers 0 av ‘ eans ou No Cu 1 crea e
11 1c t1 Ar G t N y B t t A g
I'I‘H the price of pea beans the By E. A. LITTLE hope of an advertising campaign
lowest in (many months, Mich— getting somewhere. The Thumb
igan farmers are justified in Bean association is “talking” adver-
wondering whether it is good policy “WI”"—*""‘w’"’“‘ “’ tlstlng, and there is hope in this dir-
ec ion.

HAT about beans, shall we plant less or more?” writes some of

Another movement which might

to decrease their plantings or dis— “
continue the growing of beans en- 

 

 

tirely_ so many factors enter into our subscribers. “'anting to get the best. opinion possible on help the bean grower, as we“ as the
the matter that one can hardly give the future of the bean market we secured the scrv1ces of Mr. jobbgr and the banker, is the ex-
definite advice without taking into E. A. Little, well known student of the bean market, to prepare this tending of the federal warehouse
consideration a number of in- article. Please understand that Mr. Little has no way of making this act to cover beans. Hearings have
fluenceS WlliCll Will be at work (“11“ Jnarket' do as he wishes or predicts, but he does “know beans" and in Pee“ held 111 all tlle leading .DI‘OdllC-
ing the IleXt few montth any one Of his article he gives his honest opinion on what he thinks the market . mg States» telltatlve Iteg'ulatlons 1s:
which might change the looks of will do. sued, and much preliminary work
things. done, Once under way, the ware—

With one of the largest crops in housmg of beanslwould enable the
history last year, and with a steady grower to store 1118 beans In a gov-
pressure exerted the last few months ' ernment licensed and inspected
in pushing the price down. it is 1‘9- this variety. But if the land is kidneys, yellow eyes, narrows or Warehouse, taking a warehouse re-
freshing to note the price has re- heavy and poorly drained, keep some of the other New York state ~ ceipt therefore, and obtain a liberal
mained as 'high as it is. Any im- away from them. The Michigan varieties. The California small advance from hlS bank on the se-

mediate changes will likely be up- Agricultural College is working white acreage will be decreased, due curity of the receipt. Thus the an-
Ward; though following this year's steadily to perfect the Robust var— to small rainfall and to the curtail: nual onslaught on the market_of
plantings one should not be surpris- iety, and undoubtedly it is the com— ment of avallable land in some of beans directly after harvesting
ed at further small declines during ing bean. In western New York the biggest producmg sections. would be unnecessary, and market-

the hot summer months. state the Robust has won wide pop- These developments would mean ing could be conducted in more ord—

For the reasons outlined below, ularity, and it will outyield the com— that [Michigan more than ever must erly- manner. . I _
we would recommend to Michigan mon varieties of beans. supply the pea beansof the nation. If bean growersn particularly if
farmers that a normal bean acreage A bulletin has just been issued We believe advertlsmg of beans organized, would 1ns15t that the.

be planted this year, with every ef— by the Michigan Agricultural 001— to be the one big thingnecessary to bean jobbersof Michigan get behind

'fort put forth to insure a better— lege on the growing of beans. It keep the price at a fair figure and the advertlsmg of'beans; .If the
than—average yield. The average— goes into detail concerning the var- eliminate .the fluctuations in. price. growerswould help in financmg thlS
yield grower is not the one who ieties, bean diseases, marketing and Michigan Jobbersfailed to 30111 with advertising; if it Could be started
makes money on beans. It is the grades. A copy may be had for the other state assomations last year 111 before the 1924 crop 1S ready for
one who by using the best varieties asking, and every progressive farm- a national advertlsmg campaign. market, there .would be no question
of seed, the best preparation of the er will want one. It is the work of Spasmodlc efforts h_ave.been and are as to a.fair price for beans thls fall.
‘ seed bed, the best care in harvest— Professors Cox and Pettit. being made to revlve the Idea, but ConSIderlng all the Influences not;
ing succeeds in produ‘Cing 15. 20- F ctor Influencin, Price the chances are It. won’t be done ed, cons1der1ng that beans are no
~25 '01‘ more bUShelS Der acrev While a / 5’ this year. at least In time to be of the most troublesome crop to grow.
the average yield is 11 or 12 bush— Now for some. of the factors material good. The Mlchlgan Bean that they bring in real money at an
V els_ which may influence to a greater or Growers: association, under the , opportune time—Michigan farmers
' Notwithstanding conflicting re- less extent the price of beans this leadership of A. B. Cook, is showing W111 make no ,r'nistake in plaliéting 6
ports on the Robust bean, it your “coming fall. Because of the low Signs of life, and if it, should again normal acreage,and.we wounvn‘tu’pe
been land is light, Sandy and well, price of pea beans, many New York start functioning, in a closely-knit“ afraid to plant a little more than
(gained, it would be well to plant state growers will switch to red well organized sortof way, there is normally. _ , ~ ,

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GREW, TAKING OFFICE, BECOBIES CABINET HEAD.
Grew took the oath as Under Secretary of
the acting Secretary of State,
This

history that an Undev-
in so short a. time.

YOUNGS'I‘ERS CONDUCT CHURCH.—-Don-

ald Lake,

of the Episcopal Church,

Hillm an,

Mich., who on seeing that they were not going

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NAVAJO BLANKETS BECOMING RARE.—There are
very few real Navajo blankets in the United States due to
the Indians now finding other means of making a. living.
l’hoto shows a Navajo Indian woman making a blanket.

a . rector,

in the

now gives Services
made

a week to a. congregation
He is only 12 years old.

  

HUNGARIAN “ lVIARY PICKFORD ”.—-

Mme.
star,
own “entry”.

Ille Toth,
bears a striking resemblance to our

famous Hungarian screen

This is a, “sad” study of her.

FR®M~ FAR A

SORIETH
Charles II.

IVASHINGTON IN NEW ROLE.—
This statue is of George \Vashington,
dressed as a Roman Gladiator, and
possibly the only one of its kind in the
world. It is at the Smithsonian In-
stitute, Washington, D. C.

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this ventilated
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BIARATHON KNITTER.———It took Miss Phipps, champion ENGLISH I’O'LICE‘VOMAN llERE.—Com-
knitter of \Vashington, l). (9. thirty days work of live hours mandant Mary S. Allen. who is head of tho
:1. day to finish this tablecloth. valued at $l,000. It is six “'omens Auxiliary Police, Force of London.
feet in diameter and took live )nil‘es of thread in the making. England. is now in New York City. starting
She is very clever at making up designs and her work has an American tour to study the methods of

\von wide. admiration. Miss Phipps is on the right.

3,‘IAY \VEI) PRINCE OF “'ALES.—— NI‘HV S’l
Princess Ileana, (laughter of the King ers have a n
and Queen of Roumnnia, may soon dance

wed the Prince of “'ales.
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THE BASKET QUARTETTE.—A glance at this picture and
you would expect these kiddies to burst forth into song, say

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“Barney Google." For you must admit the youngsters of to- of

day learn things very fast.

instrument
formant-es have been well received around the Hague.

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‘YLE ()l“ JAZZ B.\Nl).—’l‘hese

being used is the drums. Their per-

JUTLAND HERO JOINS ARMY.—Patrick
Keefe, of Killarney, now of New York, hero
the battle of Jutland, recently joined the

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(Continued from Hay 10th Issue)
N the way to Kansas City, that
was the direction the train I
boarded was going, I met a
fellow who was interested in oil. He
was so much in love with the busi-
ness, I finally says to him: “This
must be a good business. What’s
the chance for a good salesman?”
So it happened that I hooked up
with the Lucky Strike Oil Company.
Of course, every one was crazy
about oil. I knew that for some time
and even had a few shares in my
pocket. Got them one day from a
fellow who visited Frisky Valley
while I was in the hog powder busi-
ness. They didn’t cost much, and
I got a rake-out from the agent when
he left town for the use of my name
as an investor. '

The Lucky Strike Oil Company
was a good thing. We were sure of
it. Head offices were in Fort Worth
and they furnished us with news-
papers which told us each day how
things were going. I found out on
my first visit to Fort Worth that
the company printed that paper and
that it was made up for them pur-
posely. Every time we stopped in
a town, the company would send
telegrams announcing strikes and
other important stuff. Small town
telegraph operators ate that stuff
up. and while it was supposed to be
confidential, the whole town soon
knew the glad tidings.

I went to Missouri for a while.
Business wasn’t so good there, as
the people were too slow. So I fin-
ally drifted into Iowa again. Here
was easy money sure. Say, the way
I took in cash was great. A few of
our papers and a little talking and
the checks came in in handfuls. Ev-
ery day or two I would send in a
few names of people who had taken
only one or two shares, to Kansas
City, and the office would wire these
people that an opportunity to make
their investment ten shares instead
of two was open for a limit of three
days. I got most of them. and
when I would blow into Kansas City
I got my rake-off for furnishing the
names. Well, the boys worked hard
for two years, and we sure rode in
swell cars and ate at the best hotels.
I'll bet that about two-thirds of the
people in the middle—west own some
shares in oil. They were pretty
certificates we handed out.

Things quieted down for a while
in oil, and" I had hard picking and
had to travel a lot to make expenses
for several years. I landed in Fort
Worth one day and found that a lot
of people were trying to find out
What had become of their com-
panies. That gave me another idea.
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and never got going again, due to
the failure of the stockholders to
come across.

I was delegated to go to Iowa, be-
ing careful not to cover the terri-
tory I had worked before, and talk
the proposition over with some of
our best customers of former days.
Several fellows in that section had
a few thousand sunk in the deals,
and so I approached them with a
scheme to trade them preferred
stocks in the Battle Creek Company
for their worthless stuff in the old
Lucky Strike Company. All they
had to do was send in their old
stock. pay a small transfer fee of
two dollars a share, and we showed
them the chance they would have.
Luck was with us this time.

On one of our small properties
the boys accidentally did make a
strike, and we got a producing well.
The daily papers announced the
strike just about that time, and we
sure cleaned up big. The boys in
Fort Worth started to send out
small dividend checks to every one
they could find an address for, and
told them that they had struck it
big. Of course, they managed to
separate the paying property into,
another company at once, but those
dividend checks sure did the busi-‘i
ness. We had hard work banking
the money fast enough. Every one
who had felt that the deal was off,
when they got that check, generally
sat dowu, took the dividend check
and added to it and sent in for more
stock—and the boys sure saw that

they got it. Business was fine that
year, and we lived high.

In fact we got lazy. That’s what
ruined us. I got an idea that a lit-
tle literature be sent out to pros-
pects and maybe they would bite
some more. So we mailed a few
hundred thousand letters telling
about our successful year and how
dividends were being gotten ready
for the semi-annual payments and
gave the suckers another chance to
invest.

One day as I sat in my well-furn-
ished oflice, thinking that the world
was a rosy place, I had a visitor.

“Mr. Gladberry?” inquired the
big fellow who entered.

“That’s me,” says I. “Have a
chair. What can I do for you to-
day?” ‘

“You the fellow who is in charge
of the Texas Trust Company?"

“Sure enough!” I answered,
thinking that here was a prospect.

As I remember that visit, I sure
think of how easy I stepped into
that trap.

“Well,” continues my visitor, in
his easy manner, “I was interested
in your letters,” and he pulled out
a folder from his coat pocket and
laid a lot of my best literature on
my desk.

“Let’s see; is that your name on
here?”

“Sure,” I states. “That is one of
the best deals a stockholder can in-
vest in at present, stocks which have
been idle for a long time can be

 

started what was called the Texas
Oil Investigation Company.

Our business was to look up
stocks for people and we charged
them a small fee for the work.
Here’s how we made the money: We
would get a list of addresses from
an oil company and send out letters
to the stockholders and ask them if
they needed any confidential infor-
mation on stocks. Naturally they
wondered what had become of their
company, and invariably we would
get a nibble. Our prices for investi-
gation were low, and every one was
satisfied. However, here was the
game. We would advise them that
their company was about to be tak-

 

en over by a new concern which was
exceptionally strong, and if they
wanted to save their original invest‘
ment they had better take an inter-
est in the trust company which was
handling the affairs. When they
hit, I got a rake-011' on their cash.
Oh course, it always required an
additional cash payment to be in-
stalled as stockholders in the new
company, and our thousands of cus-
tomers kept us in good shape in
Texas.

I sold that company to a couple of
young fellows one day for a good
price, as I found a deal that suited
me better. A friend of zmine whom
I had- known in Kansas City dropped
in one day and told me about a new
one he had. He had secured the
list of stockholders in the old
Lucky Strike Company, and as long
as it was dead, he figured out the
following:

We organized the Battle Creek
Company. This was a company that
had taken over all the holdings of a

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opens his coat and there's the badge
of the United States secret service
staring me in the eye.

Then he read me a summons
which he had. which stated that I
was indicted by the grand jury, and
so it happened that I went to jail.
When Izotthere, Isurewasingood
company. as those fellows had
rounded up a gang of the boys.

Well, I had a good roll laid away,
and it took a lot of it to fight. but it
was no use. Finally, after a long
battle, the judge lined us up one
day and sent us all to Leavenworth
for three years each. We had slip-
ped when we started to mail our

I went to Leavenworth and it
wasn't a bad place, but I didn't care
for it in mine. I got a pardon after

fourteen months and when I looked :
around I found that my friends .

Were all gone and so was my money.
I had a small bank account I had de~

posited in the little old town in New ;
York where my aunt lives and to “
which I had added from time to '

time, and so I decided I had better

beat it back there and rest up. I ;
was broken in health and felt pretty '

blue to think that I had been
caught. I was afraid to try any of
my old games for fear of getting

caught‘uup again and it was tough I ‘

sledding‘that year.
While I was wondering what I

could do to get another start I '

chanced on an article telling about
a wonderful wheat that was being

sold. This article was in a small- ’

paper and the writer said he had
made a study of wheat and had
some that was descended from some
seed that an uncle of his had gotten
out of an Egyptian tomb many years
ago. I decided that ought to be
worked over so I fixed up some let;-
ters to several of my Iowa friends. I
did not use my regular name but
had the inquiries come to the Soci-
ety for the Advancement of Wheat
Growing and put a post ofiice box
number in the literature.

I wrote a fine piece of literature
telling how my uncle had, in explor-
ing an ancient tomb picked up sev-
eral grains of this thousand year
old wheat. He had brought it back
to America and just out of curiosity
planted it. Much to his surprise it
had grown and instead of having
merely one head per stalk it devel-
oped two. This new wheat had
been carefully growu until now the
Society for the Advancement of
Wheat Growing had several bushels
which would be sold at the rate of
$5.00 per pound, to those interest-
ed. Of course all buyers would be
expected to report the growth of tin
wheat and if they had any friends
who were careful farmers, thq
would be allowed to try some of the
wheat upon application to the So-
ciety.

This “Mummy” wheat, as we call-
ed it, would yield anywhere from
90 to 100 bushels per acre and it
was a great discovery. Because of
the limited offer, applications had to
be filled out carefully and cash had
to accompany the order.

I sure received a lot of money for
this wheat and the local feed store
supplied me with enough to fill the
orders.

The suckers came thru and I had
a start again. I left the little town
where I had run my campaign, sev-
eral hundred dollars richer and-that
literature sure paid well. At least
I was on my feet again.

(Continued in J une 7th Issue)

BEEKEEPERS WILL MEET IN
AUGUST
HE sixth annual summer meet-
ing of the Michigan Beekeepers’
Association will be held at Tra-
verse City, August 6th and 7th. The
secretary is negotiating with two
nationally known beekeepers for the
program The meeting place this
year is not far too north to prevent
many southern beekeepers from at-
tending the meeting. Please keep
the dates in mind. 7

 

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A OleeI-In Department for farmers’ ever

MUST PAY TAX ON PAID
ADMSSIONS

We are interested in forming a
farmers’ club but the following
questions are bothering us: To con-
duct dances and other entertain-
ments where admission is charged
would we have to pay war tax? To
purchase land or accept donations
in a club name would we have to 1n-
corporate? The club is primarily
for the purpose of providing enter-
tainment for the young folks and
the members favor financing the
club by charging admission to all
entertainments. The only requisite
for membership and all its privileges
is that one must live in the com-
munity where the club is located.
Thanking you in advance I remain,
E. P., Crystal Falls, Mich.
-—-Under the present Federal Income
Tax Law, it would be necessary to
pay a war tax on admissions to
dances and entertainments such as
you have mentioned. It would not
be necessary, however, for the club
to be incorporated in order to ac-
cept donations or to purchase land.
—-Clare Retan, Deputy ~Attorney
General.

SUE FOR BREACH OF PROMISE

If a man over twenty one years of
age promised to marry a girl and
the girl’s folks got her all things for
a marriage, and the man backed
out, what can you do? Under what
proceedings would you have to go
through? And what could be done
to the man? Suppose the girl went
and left the man after promising to
marry him, what could he do?—
Mrs. H. B., St. Johns, Mich.

——The girl could bring suit against
the man for breach of promise. The
first step would be to hire a lawyer
to start the suit for you. The
amount recoverable would depend
upon all the circumstances sur-
rounding the case. A man could
bring the same kind of an action
against a woman who broke her
promise of marriage—Asst. Legal
Editor.

 

 

MAN WOULD GET ALL OF
REAL ESTATE

Will you please tell me what the
law is? A man and wife OWn prop-
erty and have a joint deed, and the
wife dies, and no will made. Does
the property all belong to the man,
or does he have to share it with the
children?

What is the law? A bought a

farm and B loaned some money to
A. and A gave him a note. It was
made out that A should pay back
when he could. New B went to
Europe, and he wrote that he wants
to sell the note, and the person that
buys it can make A pay. Can he
do that?
not got the money now?——G. D.,
Unionville, Mich.
-—-The surviving father would be
entitled to all the real property
which he and his wife held jointly.
The buyer of the note would not be
able to collect it, since the date of
maturity was indefinite—Asst. Leg-
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DOES NOT PAY NOTE

A signs B’s note. If B does not
pay note when due how soon accord-
ing to law must the holder of note
let A know to make him holding for
it.—-P. T., Brown City, Michigan.
-——Un1ess notice is waived, the in—
dorser must have written notice with-
in the following business day of the
maker's failure to make payment in
order to become liable for the pay-
ment of the note.

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NEED NOT FURNISH BOOTH AT
CAUGUSES

Is it necessary to furnish booths
at caucuses and must the voters
sign the ballots for candidates at
such caucuses in secret? How
should booths be constructed? If
elections are not held according to'
law can a person break it up and
call another election?—-A. McC.,
Harrisville, Mich.
—The statute requiring booths and
secret rmarkingof ballots does not
apply- to caucuses. Political cau-

 
  

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cuses largely formulate their own
rules of procedure. The design of
booths at election is specified by
Section 7 of Chapter 7012 Act 203
of the Public Acts of 1917. It pro-
vides that booths shall be built with
walls not less than six feet high
and in such a manner that the per-
son preparing his ballot shall be
concealed from other persons. No
one would have authority to stop an
election that he considered was be~
ing held unlawfully without taking
proper court proceedings. That is,
by an injunction or other appropri-
ate remedy.—Clare Retan, Deputy
Attorney General.

RAILINGS MUST BE PLACED
0N CULVER'IS

In the Compiled Laws of 1915,
Chap. 86, page 1786 and section
4586 under the head, Line Bridges,
I find the following quotation: “As
to injury on bridges or culverts
having no railings see Rohlfs. V.
Township of Fairgrove 1741556.”
This part I do not understand.
Could you tell me the law in regard
to railing culverts? That is under
what condition must they be railed

in respect to their depth and length?
—C. D., Newaygo, Michigan.

—In reference to the case of
Rohlfs vs. Township of Fairgrove, it
should have been written 174/556,
which means that the case is report—
ed in volume 174 of the Michigan
Supreme Court reports on page 556.
Railings must be placed on culverts
when necessary to make them rea-
sonably safe for public travel, tak-
ing into consideration all of the
surrounding conditions.—H. Victor
Spike, Assistant Attorney General.

SUE TO RECOVER AMOUNT
OF NOTE
Through your department can you
give us some information on the fol-
lowing conditions: A (a widow)
owns a farm and gave a note with B
as an endorser. A refused to pay

'the note so it was paid by B and

note held by him. C buys the farm
on contract from A. How can B
collect for the note on the payment
that is due on contract made by C?
Can B put a garnistee on the pay-
ment to be made by C to recover the
face of the note he endorsed for A?
———H. N., Ludington, Mich.
——Generally the indorser of a note
who has been forced to pay the
amount may sue and recover from
the maker the amount which he has
been compelled to pay. B could
garnishee the payments due A on
the land contract.—Asst. Legal Ed-
itor.

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Years ago my father bought a

farm, then a short time after he
made out another deed to m7 mother
telling her to have it recorded in
case he should die. My father died
in a few years and she had it re-
corded and sold the place after-
wards. What I wish to know is;
can a husband do the same now? We
have no joint deed. Can a woman
having a deed sell a place without
the heirs consent?——B. B., Shepherd,
Michigan.
—A husband may deed his property
to his wife without the consent of
his heirs and she would receive good
titlexto iL—Asst. Legal Editor.

ENTITLED TO DAMAGES

I would like to ask a question
through THE BUSINESS Fanm about
some goods that were left in a build-
ing and destroyed. I left some goods
in a place where I rented and after
a time this building was sold to a
different party and they only notified
me a week ahead before it was sold
and it was impossible for me to get
there at the time. I would like to
know if I could draw damage for
them?—~G. D., Ludington, Michigan.

—I am of the opinion from the state-
ments you make that you would be
entitled to damages for the destruc-
tion of your goods—Asst. Legal
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ichigan and
 Railroads

Since 1920, when the Government returned Railroad operation
to private enterprise, service in Michigan has become yearly more
dependable—more nearly adequate.

That Service is today the best Michigan has ever enjoyed.

As a result there has come into being between the State’s 24
steam Railroads and the public they serve, a spirit of pride and
mutual good will.

Geographical isolation has made railroad service a local more
than a national problem in both Peninsulas of Michigan. Within
the enveloping barriers established by our Great Lakes, Michigan
and her Railroads can prosper only by prospering together.
State and carriers become thus members of a close community

Michigan Railroads realize this fact and make it fundamental in
all details of management and operation.

The public can also recognize this situation by neighborly co—
operation and by insisting that the roads be repaid by receiving,
in national and state supervision, the same square deal.

We invite from you any suggestion of more ways in which we
can consistently better our service.

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LIKES EDITORIAL. ON. WOOL
POOL 

EAR Editorzm-I, have noted your
editorial regarding the wool
pool in a recent issue of Tm:
BUSINESS FABMEs‘and cannot let the
matter pass without expressing my
appreciation of your splendid assist-
ance in helping along a project of

so much concern to the farmers.
The matter of making the wool
pool a success has been extremely
difficult and the Farm Bureau ad-
ministration has gone the extreme
limit to establish a satisfactory wool
marketing service for the farmers
of the state. I thoroughly believe
that at last we are developing. a plan
which will be ultimately successful.
Thanking you very kindly for the
good words you have given the pro—
ject, I am.—C. L. Brody, Secretary-
Manager, Mich. State Farm Bureau.

 

CATCHING THOSE CHICKEN
THIEVES
DITOR, THE BUSINESS FARMERS
I wish to give a reply to L. C.
S., Breckenridge, Mich., as he
is having the same trouble that I
formerly had.

While I was still living in my
home state of Illinois, we raised
chickens, instead of three or four
hundred it would be from one to
five thousand each year. The chick-
en thieves sure made our work and
life one of misery. The local oflic—
ers could not do anything to help us
as by the time they would get on
the job the thieves were at a safe
place. At last we farmers in Illin—
ois had to protect ourselves in this
way:

will make plenty of noise and is
cross. Then a good shot gun. Then
when we got the alarm from our
dog instead of scowling him for
waking us in the middle of the
night we would hurry with the good
old shot gun and follow the dog and
at the first noise shoot towards the
racket, not to frighten but to hit,
and keep on going until we either
had our man or men or made sure
of giving him some number four

 

shot. If the night was moonlight so
we could see our man we called him
to halt an keeping him covered 0rd-
ered him to come over to us, then
we turned him over to the sheriff.
But if he run we stopped him with
a load of shot in the legs or hips.

‘8 Our method may sound harsh to
you but this method, used by almost
every farmer in the state of Illinois,
put a stop to chicken stealing there,
as no man is going to take the
chance of getting a few shot and
having to fight a cross bull dog or
airedale. .

Brother L. C. S., are you sure

your trouble is caused by the beet
workers? When the ring at my
home was finally broken up were
surprised to find that the guilty
ones were some well—to—do farm—
ers living some eight to ten
miles from our homes. I ask of
you to not accuse any one because
if you use the method of protection
that I have given you, you may be
surprised to find Who you have the
first time you declare open battle in
your poultry lot. Go ahead and
raise all the poultry you can take
care of, then protect yourself, as I
said. Your local officers are help-
less to help you. You might band
With your neighbors and work in
helping the local officials run down
these thieves.
Hoping that this will help you an
also warning you that thieves al-
ways carry guns, I hope you success
with chickens this year.—A. W. M.,
Turner, Mich.

TELEPHONE AND AUTO NECES-
SARY ON FARM
Y Dear Editor:—-—I also am a
reader of the M. B. F. We
take Farm & Fireside, M. B.
F., Successful Farming, also Potato
Grqpvers' Exchange, and read them
all, and enjoy my farm papers very
much, as I am a real .farmeress.
In the item answering Mr. Jor-
den in a recent issue—about tele-
phones in farm homey—that is a
farmer's need, not a c'omfort. We
paid $25 for a share and pay $2.75
every three months, which does not
amount to much. Also a farmer's

 

First get a good dog one that

car—«now if the farmer does not
have a car, where is he but in the
ditch? A horse must be shod to

stand on the country roads, and a

man can’t stand a horse in towu be-
cause there is not a post to tie to.
Where the water trough and hitch-
ing post used to stand, now there
are oil stations, so he is forced to
buy a car to haul his cream, eggs,
butter and butchered meat to town.
Nearly every man here has a car,
but a good many are paying 7 per
cent interest at the bank for the
same.

Before the farmers organised
here, we always got 50c a bushel for
potatoes. We now get 25 cents,
and have to wait for our money'.‘ A
big price is promised but somehow
it is always cut in half before the
pay comes. Our farmers here have
from 500 to 900 bushels of potatoes
every fall, and by the time they are
sorted at the warehouse, if you have
200 out of that amount to sell, you
do well.

A young man starting in, where
is he? A farmer always has more
or less loss. We must go to our
good banker and borrow and pay in-
terest which counts very fast. The
farmers in our neighborhood and a
lot of Emmet County farmers had to
go to Petoskey to work to pay
debts, and they were not all farm
shurkers. Our men around here all
work hard, but were forced to work
there nights also. So many of the
papers lead city people to believe
that if they buy a farm, they get
rich quick, but they never print the
other half. When you see a nice
looking farm, it nearly always is
an old man, who made it years ago.

If every farmer would print his
experience that reads this M. B. F.
paper, they would be a hard lot to
read.

But I will say, if a man has
money layed aside to buy a. farm,
and its needs, so as not to have to
go in debt, do so, you can manage
somehow, but don’t forget you must
work and save. The farm is free
from noise, and we have fresh air,
but hard times, and lots of work.—
A Reader of M. B. F., Boyne City,
Mich.

 

MICHIGAN BEEF GROWERS RE-
CEIVED $9.33 PER, TON
ICHIGAN growers received $8,-
240,000 for their 1923 crop oi
sugar beets according to re-
ports received by Verne H. Church,
Agricultural Statistician and L.
Whitney Watkins, Commissioner of
Agriculture, from the best sugar
manufacturers operating p l a n t 8
within the state. The guaranteed
price plus the bonus resulted in an
average price of $9.33 per ton for
the 883,000 tons of beets delivered
to the 16 factories operated. This
crop was produced on 109,000
acres, a yield of approximately eight
tons per acre, and an average gross,
return of $75.60 per acre. This ex-
ceeded the per acre income of any
other major crop last year, its
nearest competitor being $57 per
acre from potatoes.

The actual amount of beets sliced
was 815,000 tons, the beets losing
68,000 tons through shrinkage and
removal of dirt. The beets had an
average sugar content of 15.29 per
cent of which it was possible to ex-
tract 84.4 per cent. As a result,
110,000 tons of sugar were produc-
ed, or approximately one—eighth of
the beet sugar output-for the entire
United States last year, which total-
ed 881,000 tons.

There Were 89 factories operated
in the United states, Slicing 6,565,-
000 tons of beets. The total pro-
duction was 7,006,000 tons from an
acreage of 657,000, or an average
yield of 10.7 tons per acre. The
high average yield, as compared to
Michigan, is due to the fact that a
large acreage is growu under irriga-
tion in western states. The value of
the sugar beet 'crop in the United
States last year was $58,789,000.
California was the only state paying
a higher price per ton than Michi-
gan.

Advance Information i
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A NEW TYPE OF DETECTOR
HERE has been
placed upon the
market, lately. 3

new type of detector

tube that is much
more sensitive to
weak radio signals

than any of the pres-
ent type of tubes.
This tube is the “So-
dion” tube and is also
spoken of as the
“Golden Rule" tube.

This type of detect—
' or will bring in sta-
tions from great distances without
using regeneration, and this means
that the squealing that is so con—
stantly heard in all regenerative
sets can be done away with.

We are experimenting with this
tube detector and in the early fall
will tell you of our results. A cut
of this tube is shown in these col-
umns.

CRYSTAL REGEIVIN G SETS FOR
SHORT DISTANCES

HERE are many farmers and
residents of small rural com-
munities that live Within 10 to

30 miles of some broadcasting sta-
tion; these same people are doing
without the delights and advantages

 

 

' of radio because they can not afford

the more expensive sets. It is for
the benefit of these people that we
will give some details on how to
build and assemble a crystal receiv-
ing set that will give you satisfac-
tory service.

Remember the crystal set will
bring in the voice and music truer
to life and clearer than any vacuum
tube set will. It also works with-
out any batteries and so does away
with all this expense. It has given
good results in the evening at dist—
ances of 50 to 400 and more miles;
but bear in mind it is not recom-
mended for distances greater than
30 miles from a broadcasting sta-
tion.

Parts Necessary

Complete aerial equipment, wire,
cleats, tubes, lightning arrester,
ground clamp and strain insulators,
$3.00; Tuning coil, (the cost to
make, $2.00) With slides, etc.,
$3.00; 1 pair telephones, 2000 ohm,
(some can be bought for less),
$4.00; 1 phone condenser, $.50;
1 crystal detector, (from 50c up),

' $1.00; Total, $11.50.

This set can be bought for $11.50
which will include everything that
you will need. Those of you who
live near Detroit, Grand Rapids,
Lansing, Ann Arbor, Saginaw and
other broadcasting centers, will also
be able to go to these cities to buy
your parts and will find that the
prices that I have given are higher
than you will have to actually pay
for some of the parts and you
should be able to get in on the radio
game for a ten-dollar bill carefully
spent.

In an early issue we will give the
details of assembling this set and
how to tune it.

SEARS ROEBUCK STATION
ON AIR.

EARS - ROEBUCK Agricultural
Foundation of Chicago has
opened a broadcasting station,

call letters WLS; popular and in—
structive farm programs are broad-
casted from this station which is
primarily an agricultural broad—
casting station. Their schedule is
as follows:

Every noon 12.00 to 1:00 P. M.
except Saturday and Sunday, Farm
topic. Every afternoon, Home mak—
ers’ hour, 3245 to 4:45, except Sat.
and Sun. Tuesday evening 6:30 to
12:00 P. M. Wednesday evening
6:30 to 11:00 P. M. Thursday ev—
ening 6:30 to 8:00 and 10:15 to
12:00 P. M. Friday evening, 6:30
to 11:00 P. M. Saturday evening,
6:30 to 12:00 P. M. Every evening
the hours betWeen 7 and 8 P. M.
will be devoted. to farm program or
especially for farm people. The
time given here is central standard

" time.

 

The United ‘ States government
has placed in operation on both the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts many

1  compass stations which give

 

 

EDITED BY J. HERBERT FERRIS, a. 'E.

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to any inquiring ship it’s exact loca-
tion. This service is of great value
in time of heavy fogs. There have
been accidents and wrecks even
since this new service has been us-
ed, such as the loss of several of our
naval destroyers On the rocks off
California coast not long ago, due
in this case not to wrong radio in-
formation but a combination of cir-
cumstances which led to the loss of
many lives and valuable ships.

 

'Radio light ships and lighthouses
are now being placed in operation.
These ships and lighthouses send
out certain signals at regular inter-
vals-and by checking these readings
a ship at sea can avoid danger bet-
ter than in the days of the real
lightship and lighthouse.

FRUIT and ORCHARD

 

NO DIFFERENCE IN TREES

What would be the difference in

a twenty acre commercial orchard
in ten or twenty years grafted on
whole roots or pieces of roots?
From where and how do they im-
port seedlings from Europe and
What is the cost?———J. E., Pentwater,
Mich.
——I feel confident in stating that
there is no difference in the trees
grown from whole or piece roots.
Good trees can be produced in eith—
er way provided they receive proper
care. I have seen mature trees
grown, some of which were grown
from piece roots and others from
whole roots. These were planted
alternately in an orchard. When I
saw them they were 20 or 25 years
of age and I could see no difference
whatever in these trees, that could
be attributed in any way to a differ—
ence in the nature of the original
roots that were used.

Most of the apple seedlings im—
ported from Europe come from
dealers in France, although in the
last few years Italy has become a
large producer for the American
trade. I am unable to state the
present price quotations on these.
Considerable quantities are raised
in America immediately adjacent to
Topeka, Kansas, and in the Yakima
Valley in Washington. These seed-
lings, either American or European,
can generally be secured from any
of the larger nurseries—F. C. Brad«
ford, Research Assoc. in Horticul-
ture, M. A. C.

PLUl‘I TREES FOR MICTIIGAN

Would like your advice on two

good varieties of plums that are
good on the market. Also what
time of the year is best to prune
plum trees?—L. W., Silverwood,
Mich.
—There are a half dozen or more
varieties of plums that are highly
recommended for this state. Prob-
ably the Burbank is the most satis-
factory of Japanese Varieties.
Amongst the European varieties
Monarch and Grand Duke are prob-
ably two of the most satisfactory
for commercial purposes.

Plum trees like most other fruit
trees are pruned to best advantage
during the dormant season; usually
the pruning being delayed until
rather late during the dormant sea-
son.—V. R. Gardner, Professor of
Horticulture, M. A. C.

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study of the human mind and body and
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pictures. Eighty—seven per cent of
all we know is learned through the eye.H
Is it any wonder that the successful advertisers
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CHAPTER XVI
The Fly in the Ointment

N August Father Duff died. Miss Flora

came home at once. James Blaisdell

was already in town. Hattie was
at the mountains. She wrote that she
could not think of coming down for the

funeral, but she ordered an expensive
wreath. Frank and Jane were in the
Far West, and could not possibly have

arrived in time, anyway. None of the
young people came.

Mr. Smith helped in every way that he
could help, and Miss Maggie told him
that he was a great comfort, and “that
she (lid not know what she would have
done without him. Miss Flora and Mr.
James Blaisdell helped, too, in every way
possible, and at last the first hard sad
days were over, and the household had
settled back into something like normal
conditions again.

Miss Maggie had more time now, and
she went often to drive or for motor
rides with Mr. Smith. Together they ex-
plored cemeteries for miles around; and
although Miss Maggie worried sometimes
because they found so little Blaisdell
data, Mr. Smith did not seem to mind it
at all.

In September Miss Flora moved into
an attractive house on the West Side,
bought some new furniture, and installed
a maid in the kitchen—all under Miss
Maggie's kindly supervision. In Septem«
her, too, Frank and Jane Blaisdell came
home. and the young people began to
prepare for the coming school year.

Mr. Smith met,Mrs. Hattie one day,
coming out of Miss Maggie’s gate. She
smiled and greeted him cordially, but
she looked so palpably upset over some
thing that he exclaimed to Miss Maggie,
as soon as he entered the house:
“What 'was it? Is anything the matter
with Mrs. James Blaisdell?”

Miss Maggie smiled—but she frowned.
too.

“Oh, oh, no—except that Hattie has
discovered that a hundred thousand dol-
lars isn't a million.”

“What do you mean by that?"

“Oh, where she's been this summer she’s
measured up, of course, with people a
great deal‘richer than she. And she
doesn’t like it. Here in Hillerton her
hundred- and two-hundred-dollar dresses
looked very grand to her, but she's dis—
covered that there are women who pay
five hundred and a thousand, and even
more. She feels very cheap and poverty—
stricken now, therefore, in her two-hun—
dred dollar gowns. Poor Hattie! if she
only would stop trying ItO live like some-
body «rise !"

“But I thought—I thought this money
was making them happy,” stammered Mr.
Smith.

“It was—until she realized that some-
body else had more,” sighed Miss Maggie,
with a shake of her head.

“Oh, well, she‘ll get over that.”

“Perhaps.”

“At any rate, it’s brought her husband
some comfort.”

“Y-yes, it has; but—"

“\Vhat do you mean by that?" he de-
manded, when she did not finish her sen-
tence.

“I was wondering—if it
him any more.”

“They haven’t lost it?"

“Oh, no, but thcy’Ve spent a lot—and
Hattie is beginning again her old talk
that she must have more money in order
to live ‘even decent.’ It sounds very
familiar to me and to Jim, I suspect,
poor follow. I saw him the other night,
and from what he said, and what she,
says, I can see pretty well how things
are going. She's trying to get some of
her rich friends to give Jim It better
position, where he'll earn more. She,
doesn’t .understand, either, why Jim can’t
go into the stock market; and make mil-
lions, as some men do. I’m afraid she
isn't always patient. She says there are
Fred and Elizabeth and Benjamin to edu-

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cate, and that she’s just got to have more
money to tide them over till the rest of
the legacy comes.” ~

“The rest of the legacy !" exploded Mr.
Smith. “Good Heavens, does that woman
think that—" Mr. Smith stopped with
the air of one pulling himself from an
adyss. ,

Miss Maggie laughed.

“I don’t wonder you exclaim. It is
funny—the way she takes that for grant—
ed, isn’t it? Still, there are grounds for
it, of course.”

“Oh, are there?
get more, then?”
almost savagely.

Miss Maggie laughed again.

“I don’t know what to thing. To my
mind the whole thing is rather extra-
ordinary, anyway, that he should have
given them anything—utter strangers as
they were. Still, as Hattie says, as long
as he has recognized their existence, why,
he may again, of course. Still, on the
other hand, he may have very reasonably
urged that, having willed them a hun-
dred thousand arpiece, that was quite

Do you think—she'll
demanded Mr. Smith,

enough, and he’d give the rest some-
where else."
“Humph! Maybe," grunted Mr. Smith.
“And he may come “ack alive from

South America.”

“He may.”

“But Hattie isn’t counting on either of
these contingencies, and she is counting
on the money," sighed Miss Maggie,
sobering again. “And Jim——poor Jim!
I’m afraid he's going to find it just
as hard to keep caught up now—as he
used to."

“Humph!” Mr. Smith frowned. He did
not speak again. He stood looking out
of the window, apparently in deep
thought.

Miss Maggie, with another sigh, turned
and went out into the kitchen.

The next day, on the street, Mr. Smith
met Mellicent Blaisdell. She was with a
tall, manly-looking, square-jawed young
fellow whom Mr. Smith had never seen
before. Mcllicent smiled and blushed
adorably. Then, to his surprise, she
stopped him, with a gesture.

“Mr. Smith, I know it’s on the street,
but I—I want Mr. Gray to meet you,
and I want you to meet Mr. Gray. Mr.
Smith is—is a very good friend of mine,
Donald."

Mr. Smith greeted Donald Gray with a
warm handshake and a keen glance into
his face. The blush, the hesitation, the
shy happiness in Mellicent's eyes had
been unmistakable. Mr. Smith felt sud-
denly that Dona’ld Gray was a man he
very much wanted to know a good deal
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about. ‘ ‘
Then he went home and straight to Miss
Maggie. ”

“Who's Donald Gray, please? he de-
mandod.

Miss Maggie laughed and threw up
her hands.

“Oh, these children i”

“But who is he?”

“Well, to begin with,
Mellicent."

“You don't have to tell me that.
seen him and Mellicent."

“Oh!” Miss Maggie smiled appreciat-
ively.

“What I want to know is, who is he?”

“He's a young man whom Melliceiit
met this summer. He plays the violin,
and Mellicent played his accompaniments
in a. church entertainment. That's where
she met him first. He's the son of a
minister near their camp, where the girls
"went to church. He’s a fine' follow, I
guess. He's hard hit—that‘s sure. He
came to Hillerton at once, and has gone
to work in Hammond’s real estate other.
So you can See he‘s in earnest.”

“I should say he was! I liked his ap-
pearance very'much.”

“Yes, I did—but her mother doesn’t.”

“What do you mean? She—objects?"

“Docidedly! She says he‘s worse than
Carl Penneck—«that he hasn‘t got any
money, not any money.”

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A SERMON BY REV.

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TEXT: “And forthwith,’ he
came to Jesus and said, Hail,
Master; and kissed‘him. And
Jesus said unto him, Friend,
wherefore art thou come? Then
came they and laid hands on
iesu5soand took him.”——Mt. 26:
9, .

UDAS in history has been pointed
out as an ingrate because of his
foul betraying of friendship. To

mention the kiss of Judas is to set
surging in human breasts emotions
of horror and loathing. In all the
days of intercourse with his Lord,
he had been contemplating this hid;
eous crime within the closed doors
of his heart. Therefore, to exten-
ifiate this deed by saying he desired
to precipitate or hurry in the Mes-
sianic kingdom, does not seem in
keeping with Revealed Truth. But,
however, he succeeeded in keeping
it within the drapery of religion; in
hiding it under a show of prayer
and devotion to the Christ. But,
now, the fatal moment has come,
and the kiss of poison and death is
given. Can one conceive of a snak-
ier deed?

But here also is Drummond’s
“Greatest Thing in the World,"
LOVE. “Faith, hope, love, these
three; and the greatest of these is
love,” says Paul. This is, one of
the profoundest mysteries in the
Book. But Jesus loved all of his
disciples to the end; and in this
scene, the Love that never faileth
sees the traitor coming and hails
him as “Friend.” This is the love
that passeth our understanding
since the Christ saw corruption
working in Judas’ heart and the
crime taking shape. At the table
he said, “One of you shall betray
me,” but he pointed out no individ—
ual. Yet guilt in the person of the
betrayer cried out, “Lord, is it 1?”
Well, what humans have done, hu-
mans may do again. Let us address

our owu hearts solemnly, “Lord, is

it I?”

But let us keep to the foremost,
THE PERJMANEIN‘CE OF LOVE.
And this is heightenend by noting
the manner of the Judas sin. Our
way of sinning is sometimes harder
to hear than the sin itself. That
kiss! How many libertines have en—
trapped the innocent thru a foul
kiss! That Judas kiss loaded with
poison! What shall we say about
this church kiss, for so it was?
What dread for the man or woman
who secretly plan evil against you!
How loathsome is he who is strange—
ly genial and friendly to your face
but who carries the dagger of (le—
struction in his bosom! What pain
to be betrayed by a familiar friend!
Sack cloth and ashes! Some of the
most detestable camouglage in the
world has been enacted in the name
of the church. Even many wicked
hearts consider it beneath their
sanction to commit a Judas betray-
al. “Hail, Rabbi!” And he kissed
and embraced. Now see his Lord,
persistent in love‘. There is no re~
coil from the pollution of the trait-
or’s lips. We see no White sheet of
anger on his face. Looking the
wretch over, in, pity he says,
“Friend, wherefore art thou com-
est?” How Jesus could wrap such
a relentless foe in the mantle of
charity, we cannot understand, but
he did. And this constitutes a chal-
lenge to the charity and good-will
of every humble follower of him.

But, friends, we do not know
Jesus until we see in him more than
perfect human goodness as such
things go with us; until he becomes
to us the revelation of God. “He
that hath seen me hath seen the
father.” In this tragic scene we
see the pity and tenderness of our
Heavenly Father. If ever a man
could expect Christ’s heart to close
up against him, it was the Judas
man. But in the moment of treas—
on, 1ove did not fail. Now, sinning
friend, the law of consequences
makes sin terrible in its results.
“He that pursueth sin pursueth it
to his own death.” And because
you have‘not passed over into the
realm of .l’Ostspirits, is because of
Jesus’ lingering,‘ pleading love.

“God so loved the world” of sin-
ning men, of outcasts and prostitu-
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DAVID F. WARNER

of church - hardened professors,
“that whosoever believeth should
not perish.” Nothing more proves
it than this‘ Gethsemane tragedy.
The waters of Fathomless Love lap-
ped at the wayward feet of the
traitor, but he would not be cleans—
ed. Will you? Jesus Christ is the
same yesterday, today, and forever.

The CHARACTER OF LOVE is
abiding. So says the apostle in
that great classic, the thirteenth
chapter of first Corinthians. It be-
lieves, it- hopes, it endures. Your
attention Will be called to this on
Mothers Day. For, in the words of
Coleridge, “A mother is a mother
still, the holiest thing alive.” The
holiest in purity of love, in extremes
of selfdenial, and in unwearied serv-
ice. But if this be but sentiment,
let me remind you that in this be-
trayal scene the Christ attitude
strikes deeper than sentiment.
“Friend, wherefore art thou com-
est” is a word that pierces even to
the dividing asunder of soul and
spirit, and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart.
It strikes down to conscience. Judas
friend, don’t you remember our
former companionship, and our
walks and talks together? Don’t you
remember the official honors we
gave you? Have you forgotten all
this? Why do you come to betray
me?

But conscience would no longer
respond to the call of love. The
Master would have Judas ask him-
self, What am I going to do? Why
am I going to do it? Is this thing
wrong that I am planning to do?
Shall I do it anyway? The strength
of Christ’s moral appeal is always
to drive the heart to examine its
own conduct to bring about self-ac—
cusation.

The doctor says, What have you
been eating? What are your hab—
its? And then you are self-accused
before him. The Great Physician
asks, Why do you do wrong? What
wages do you expect to reap from
sinning? These questions when ser—
iously put to our own hearts would
save :much misery and hell. “Happy
is he that condemneth not himself
in the thing which he approveth.”
The lie, the deception, the gay life,
the selfish career, which I approve
in my own life condemns me to sep-
aration from Christ. Church Mem-
ber. if you could feel that that
writhing thing crawling around the
rots of your heart, is the snake of
secret jealousy and revenge, you
would pluck it out or forever take
your stand with Judas. Careless
Liver, if you would stop to consider
that that subtle serpent which says,
“Thou shalt not surely die,” is the
betrayer of your soul, you would
yield to Infinite Love. To stop and
consider, is to smite the conscience
so that the grace of God might come
to your rescue.

“My people doth not consider,”
cries out the prophet, Isaiah. 0,
yes, they were devoted to religious
forms. But saith Jehovah thru the
prophet, “When ye make many
prayers I will not hear: your hands
are full of blood.” Judas was a
formal religionist, but his hands
were full of blood. Of course he
did nothing but kiss his Lord and
Master. No, you don’t always have
to set your teeth and raise defiant
hands; just do nothing but keep re—
ligious forms and conventions and
heaven and earth will know where
you live. It is quite easy to miss
the way to a saved personality.
When Love pleads, just do nothing.

e that believeth not (nothing) is
condemned already. And the stroke
of it is on the way. In a few hours
after the Garden scene, it strikes in—
to. the heart of the traitor, and he
cries, “I have sinned.” This is the
remorse of a soul that sold its Sav-
ior for gain and became its own
hang—man.

Nowmwe need to turn the terror
of such an end upon our own hearts.
But, more than this, we need to let

v the_ love that never faileth flood our
erring lives. Our bodies and. spirits
are not our own. ,And,what shall

We. anSWer, to. the Owner, when we ,

willfully wreck them in foul 'deeds
and selfish living. “Lord, what wait

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WELOOLHE BACK TO MICHIGAN

HIRD in a line of three generations of Butter-
fields, each of whom contributed largely to
the agricultural progress of this state, re-

turns Dr. Kenyon L. Butterfield, from Amherst,
Massachusetts, to take up the presidency of the
Michigan Agricultural College. The Good Book

, says "A prophet is not without honor save in the

land of his birth," and yet Michigan is doubly

’ proud to have a native son to head her college.

Dr. Butterfield’s grandfather, I. H. Butterfield,
Sr. was a pioneer farmer and stock breeder, Who
served twice as a member of the state senate and
was chairman of the committee which reported
the bill which later became the law under which
the Michigan Agricultural College worked for
half a century. His father, I. H. Butterfield, Jr.,

5 was also a farmer and was connected with the

Michigan State Fair for thirty years, fifteen of
which he was active in the capacity of secretary,
during which time the foundations were laid for
the exposition of which this state is now so proud.
He was also the organizer of both the Michigan
Shorthorn Breeders Association and the Michi-
gan Livestock Breeders Association.

Dr. Kenyon L. Butterfield was born at Lapeer,
Michigan, June 11, 1868, and his early education
was received in the country school house and
later in the city of Port Huron. He graduated

;' from the college to which he now returns as pres-

dent with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1891 r

and served in various agricutural activities until
1900, when he attended the University of Mich-
igan and graduated from that institution in 1902,
with a Master's degree. For a year he remained
there as instructor in rural socialogy, and was
then called as president of the Rhode Island
College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts,
where he remained until accepting the presidency
of the Massachusetts Agricultural College at Am-

 herst, from which position he now returns to his

home state.
Announcement that Kenyon L. Butterfield will
return to Michigan to fill the chair as president

! left vacant by Dr. David Friday will, we feel sure,

be welcome news to" the progressive business

_ farmers of this state and we share with Chair—

man L. Whitney Watkins and other members of
the State Board of Agriculture their jubilation
at being able to place a. native son who has won
such high honors at the head of the institution
which means as much, if not more, than any
other single factor to the progress of agriculture
in this great state.

Welcome home, Kenyon! We hope you will
never again see fit to get the Michigan mud off
your heels or the pure ozone of Michigan out of
your nostrils!

DIG OUT THE FACTS!

ELING that farm property is being assessed
relatively higher than city homes and bus-
iness property, several county farm bureaus
in Michigan are engaged in. campaigns to find
out the actual facts about these conditions. Com-
mittees representing the county farm bureaus
are working in accordance with a plan devised

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by the Michigan State Farm Bureau to find out ‘

from the official records the actual assessment

ratio for various classes of preperty.
Representatives from the State Farm Bureau

ore omitting the counties in putting “on: these

  

 for Dee ,, es s y “ an
the real estate transfers for several mouthsback
and then to find out the assessed valhition'tif
each of these descriptions of property from the
County Treasurer's records. A comparison of the
sale price and the assessed valuation of each
kind of property shows conclusively how fairly
the different kinds of property in any given county
are being assessed. ‘

The results secured to date indicate that farm
and village property is being assessed at almost
its full sale valuation, while real estate, especially
business property, is not being assessed at more
than 66 per cent of“ its actual value. Results
secured in these campaigns will be presented to
the local supervisors and an effort made to se-
cure on equalization. Where such efforts are
not successful locally, an appeal will be taken to
the State Tax Commission.

A similar campaign put on by the county farm
bureaus in Illinois resulted in a reduction of taxes
paid by Illinois farmers amounting to over $2,-
000,000 last year. If they ask you to help dig
out the facts in your county, join hands and do
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MORE ABOUT BEANS

HE article by E. A. Little, on page 4 of this
issue, in which he advises not to cut the
1924 acreage of beans in Michigan, is only

a starter in a serious study of the whole bean

industry in this state.

There is no major crop that is more important
to the farmers of Michigan than our bean crop.
According to the last census, Michigan produced
73 per cent of 'all the navy beans grown in the
United States and there are none of us who will
not admit that the Michigan quality is far super-
ior to anything else that can be grown in the
United States.

To Tun Bosmnss Fasm it has been obvious
that Michigan needed more than any other thing
a strong bean growers’ organization. We had
hoped that the man who could head such an or-
ganization, who had the ideas and the tenacity,
would step forward and with the help of the
many interests who are waiting him, organize
the independent bean growers of Michigan into
a solidified and stable business corporation.

No one who has made even a causuary exam-
ination of the facts can help but come to the
conclusion that the bean market sufiers annual-
ly and has from time immemorial, from the de-
pradation, of a band of market—bandits who take
advantage of the growers unorganized position
to force the market up or down to their own par-
ticular advantage.

It was just this sort of thing that drove the
citrus growers of California and the milk pro-
ducers of New York state into the strong posi-
tions they occupy today, with a complete selling
organization for their raw products.

We are going to continue to give all the space
necessary to this subject because we know of
none other which deserves more attention
in Michigan at this time. If our readers
have anything to offer or any suggestions or ad-
vice, we will be only too glad to welcome it into
our columns.

FIGHTING FARM FIRES
mentioned recently on this page the
motor-driven fireafighting equipment which
is being purchased in Michigan rural com-
munities for the protection of farm property
against the avages of fire. We pointed out that
the advent of good roads and the rapid motor
trucks have made it possible to have a community
fire department in the farming districts giving
the same advantages as enjoyed by city residents.

The latest to come to our attention is the
modern fire equipment purchased by Montague
township in Muskegon county.
this is largely sponsored by Mr. Charles Ohlen-
berger who, for twenty-three years, (has been chief
of the Montague fire department and who has had
plenty of experience in fighting the fire monster.

We will welcome the news of more fire equip-
ment in Michigan because we know it means the
saving of a vast amount of property which has
heretofore been lost because of inadequate pro-
tection. ‘

We point out again that no farm home and no
farm building should be without a small fire
extinguisher of some kind to catch the small
blaze at its inception, and if every insurance so-
ciety in the state insisted upon this simple pre-
caution the' amount paid for insurance in Michi-
gan could be reduced millions of dollars and yet
the cost of this simple protection would only
mean a few thousands, a fraction of the savings.

By actively fighting fire in Michigan the com-
ing year the insurance rates can be materially
lowered. and this is one of the propositions that
wearegolngtdth untilweseoitanestab-

  

We understand .

  

in their start to initiate "a state income tax
constitutional amendment by petition.

 

and other cooperating farm bodies have already
secured more than 60,000.signatures to'the peti-
tion to put the proposed amendment on the ballot
for the general November election this fall.
Nearly 60,000 names are required. but the lead-
ers are planning notonly to secure the minimum,
but to have several thousand names to'spare.

The amendment now being proposed is radio-
ally different than the tax which was defeated
a few years ago, in that it definitely, provides
that the first $4,000 of every man's net income
shall be exempted from this tax and it fixes the
rates on incomes in excess of this amount on a
sliding or progressive scale which will vary from
6 per cent to 10 per cent according to the size
of the individual's net income. Incomes of
$100,000 or more per year will receive the mast
mum 10 per cent tax.

An analysis of receipts from the Federal in-
come tax in Michigan indicates that the proposed

.state income tax would yield at least $12,000,000

revenue per year, which it is definitely provided
would be deducted from the amount of general
property tax for state purposes. Backers of the
income tax state that this will not be an added
burden to the Michigan tax-payers, but will give
definite relief to the over—burdened real estate in
that it will shift a considerable portion of the
cost of maintaining the state government oil!
from general property and distribute it upon
men who are receiving relatively large incomes
from salaries or investments.

It is also pointed out that a. personal income
tax is about the only form of taxation which can-
not be readily passed on and the burden shifted
from the big fellow down to the ultimate con—
sumer. A personal income tax coming due after
the year’s business is all completed and the books
balanced, must be paid by the individual who has
received the net income.

 

ANOTHER CBEERFUL VIEW
ONE of the leading farm mortgage houses in
the United States has the following to say
in a recent bulletin issued to investors,
which because of its conservative source has more
than double meaning.

“As time goes on productive farms will appre—
ciate more and more in value, just as they be-
come scarcer and scarcer. A great change is
certain in less than a generation. About all of
the country’s arable land has been taken up, but
our population goes right on increasing just as if
another West was waiting to be put under the
plow. The result is inevitable, and the oppor-
tunity to buy fertile farms will never be greater
than it is today. These farms are extensive in
number and as low in price as they ever will be.

“The fact that land has a greater value today

'than it had only twelve years ago is due almost

entirely to the fifteen million more months that
must be fed. This has been the dominant factor
that has caused food commodities and land val-
ues to increase steadily in this country for the
last hundred years. It is true, not only in
America but it has been true in every agricultur-
al country in the world. Yet with approximate-
ly 25,000,000 more consumers to be fed in the
next ten years from almost the same acres, many
young farmers want to sell out, move to the
crowded cities, engage in business, despite the
fact that 95 per cent of all businesses fail.”

FACE TEE AUTOMOBILE
HEN you start walking down the country
road or highway, do you face the oncom-
ing automobile or do you walk with your
back to it?

If you follow the latter plan and do much
walking on the highways the chances of your
being alive five years from today are pretty slim,
but if you will change your method of walking
and face the traflic, stepping out to the side of
the road as the oncoming vehicle approaches you,
you will be removing at least one of the imped-
iments to your reaching a ripe old age.

There is not a heavily travelled highway in
Michigan that has not taken its toll of men, wo-

men and children who insist on walking up the,

road with their backs to the oncoming vehicle;
probably the greater proportion of these accidents
have occurred at night when the lights were
dimmed or the driver befogged by liquor, but as
simple as this rule would appear, it is only re-
cently that they have been teaching it in the
country schools or preaching it in public
meetings. , e I
Talk it over with every member of your family
tonightandfindouthowthoyarewukimm-
it you do not your home is may set 
into one of sadness. Help u w the mow-

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THINK we have some good news

for all friends of THE’ BUSINESS

FABMEB! The certificates of
'membership in the Protective Service
Bureau are now being mailed to all
new subscribers, as their remittances
are received and the metal signs,
ready for hanging on the fenCe, at-
taching to the mail-box post or fast-
ening to the barn or house, will be
shipped in a few days.

This certificate is free and will be
mailed on receipt of every subscrip-
tion remittance. If you are paid—up,
as shown by your address label on
the front cover, to 1925 or longer,
simply ask us on a postal—card and
your certificate in three colors, suit-
able for framing will be mailed free.
If your subscription has expired or
will in 1924, send a dollar for a two
year renewal and the certificate will
come by the next mail.

When all our subscribers have
cert1ficates, we will give service from
the Legal, Veterinary, Publisher’s
Desk and other departments abso-
lutely free. only when the certificate
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Do You Want A Metal Sign?
If you want to be first in your

neighborhood to get one of the

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which are now being made and will
be ready for mailing within thirty
days, send twenty-five cents (25c),
with your subscription remittance or
if you are paid-in-advance, send just
a .quarter for the certificate and the
sign. For your convenience we will

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Crooks, fakirs, quacks and grafters
are going to keep away from the
farm homes in Michigan where they
see this sign displayed! They al-
ready have a healthy regard for “the
little paper with the big stick!"

'Gus'rAVESON OIL COMPANY

-Wiii- you kindly investigate the
Gustaveson Oil Company, Salt Lake
City, Missouri, for me? They want
to sell me some stock,—C. D., San
dusky, Mich. ’ -

E had our representative at
Salt Lake City call at the office
of the Gustaveson Oil Company

and he reports, “The first people
who organized this company did it
upon a promotion scheme. The
people who now have charge of it
are all local business men and of
good standing. I believe that any-
money they receive will be expended
in a right way, according to their
judgement, but like any oil proposi-
tion, any one putting money into it
is taking a long chance as to whether
they get any money back or not, or
oil for that matter. At the present
time they do not have any oil wells
and are only a prospecting company."

BLACK’S INTERNATIONAL SELL-
ING SERVICE

I have noticed in your paper men-
tion of fake real estate agents with
remarks to find out who they are bej
fore giving money and your depart-
ment would assist. Can you inform
me if this Black’s International Sell-
ing Service is reliable? I want to list
my farm for sale but don’t want to
advance money and lose it. We are
both in poor health and must sell.
I will be grateful for any information
you may be able to give me.—J. B.,
Missaukee County, Mich.

E do not have much faith in the
W scheme where you list your
farm with a dealer in another

state paying him an advance fee.

We wrote this agency twice, the last V

letter was over a month ago, and to
date have heard nothing from them.
We asked them for the names and
addresses of several farmers in this
state who had satisfactory dealings
with them, and also their respons-
ibility to make good on the sale of a
farm that was listed with the com-
pany. As usual, these kind of folks
seem more willing to write letters to
unprotected farm folks than they do
to us.

FUR SWINDLER GOES TO PRISON
FOR TWO YEARS

ANY of our readers remember
the I. R. Hough Fur Trading
Company, of New Haven,

Connecticut; in fact, some of them
will remember that company the
rest of their days because they ship—
ped some furs to them last winter.
Word has come from New Haven,
Connecticut, that I. R. Hough of
this company was recently convict-
ed of swindling fur trappers in all
parts of the country by failure to
pay for the skins shipped to the con—
cern, and was sent to the Federal
penitentiary for two years.

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The Manvel Direct
Stroke Windmill still
leads after more than
sixty years’ dependable _
service. Thousands of them '.
have run thirty years without "I ,,
upkeep expense.

direct stroke; broad ball-bearing turntable. All
made in our own factory—hence low price, high
quality. The Manvclsaves you money. Write forfree book
dacribing our wood and steel mills. towers, tanks. etc.

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GARLOCK . WILLIAMS (30., Inc.

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MEMORIAL DAY 
ATHER ' the garlands rare to-day.

Snow-white roses and roses red;
Gather the fairest flowers of May,-
Heap them up on the graves ,of clay,

Gladden the graves of the noble
dead.

Pile them high as the soldiers were
Filed on the field when they fought and
fell;
They will rejoice in their new place there
To-day; as they walk where the fragrant
air

Is sweet with the scent of asphodel.

Many a. time, I’ve heard it said,
They fell so thick where the battles
were, ‘
Their hot blood rippled, and, running red,
Ran out like a rill from the drifted dead
Staining the heath and the daisies there.

This day the friends of the soldiers keep,
And they will keep it through all the
years,
To the silent city where soldiers sleep
Will come with flowers, to Watch and
weep
And water the garlands with their tears.
—Cy Warman.

THE FOREWORD TO JUNE
FASHIONS

UNE, month of brides and roses,
J brings us also many beautiful
new fashions.
of course,

Summer frocks,
have the advantage of

sheer materials and brighter color-t

ings to make them especially ap-
pealing, according to the Designer.
Laces, too, and dainty embroideries
add to their charm, and the present
vogue of painted designs suggests a
new and decorative way of embel-
lishing this season’s dresses.

Warm weather sponsors the
sleeveless mode in dresses, coats
and jumper styles, and a very orig-
inal model features a cape—collar ar—
rangement in one with the short
sleeves. The apron front and side
draperies are particularly attractive
in soft summer fabrics.

The tailored vogue is evident in
the simple, straight—line dresses,
open at the neck to form a collar
and with narrow belt and pocket. A
novel coat dress presents a coat-
suit effect in the front but the back
is made in one piece. The sports
influence is seen in all these styles
for general wear. The effective use
of striped materials is another inter-
esting new note, and the crosswise
treatment suggests many clever pos-
sibilities.

Among the prevailing accessories
scarfs are most conspicious and they
accompany every type of costume.
Striped and printed silks are used
for daytime scarfs while hand—paint—
ed chiffon and silk lace are used
with evening dresses. In the mat—
ter of footwear one may choose
from a variety of strap pumps of
satin, patent leather or kid, worn
with stockings in the lighter shades
of blond, peach and nude.

“THAT DO “’13 TALK ABOUT?

" ND when I wouldn’t give him a
date for the next night, he got
sore————.”

“There wasn’t a bank in town
that would lend us a nickel in those
days. Now .”

With women it is men, and with
men it is business! At least that is
what three psychologists have
found, after analyzing chance con-
versations of persons on Broadway
and in Columbus, Ohio. The results
of their survey are told in Hygeia.

As for health, it has little conver-
Sational interest to any one who is
well.

Listening in on the conversation
of others has always been an ab—
sorbing pastime, and many a dull
journey has been enlivened by ever—
heard conversation.

Two psychologists, M. II. Landis
and II. E. Burtt of Ohio State Uni—
versity, recently analyzed 500 con-
versations which they overheard in
that community, with a View to
finding out what are mankind’s
chief interests. They compared their
findings with those of the psycholo—
gist, Henry T. Moore, who several
years ago made a similar analysis in
New York of conversations heard on
Broadway.

The two Ohio Scientists included
in their investigations the conversa-
tions of persons in restaurants, at
baseball games, in theater lobbies,
in front of store windows, on the
campus, in barbar shops, in
churches and on the street.

Conversations were classified und—
er ten headings: business and
men, women, clothes and

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our work this spring, but
we can spare at least one .
day in honor of those who
died for us—some of them
our own flesh and blood.

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The Fa
gAJlevmttment for. the W. “L: l
Edited by MRS. ANNIE TAYLOR

EAR FOLKS:—Memorial Day, May 30th, is the next public holi-
There is no holiday observed in this country that arouses

the emotions of the people as does Memorial Day.
ceived as a day on which to decorate the graves of the soldiers and
sailors of the Civil War, it is now a day on which we honor, with
florial tributes, the final resting places of the heros of all our nation’s"
wars. Let us all put aside our work for the day, hitch up the horse
or jump into the flivver, and drive into town and observe this day
along with our city cousins. ., Yes, I know that we are behind with



Mrs. Annie Taylor, care The Business Farmer. Mt. Clemens, Michigan.

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decoration, sports and other amuse—
ments, college work, health, self
and weather. The results at Col—
umbus, Ohio, in general agreed with
those on Broadway. .

Men’s most frequent topic is busi-
ness—~49 per cent. in Columbus and
48 per cent. in New York. If sports
and other amusements are combin—
ed, these topiC” have a frequency of
15 per cent. at Columbus and 14 per
cent. in New York. The third topic
of men’s conversation is men—12
per cent. in Columbus and 13 per
cent. in New York.

Women’s leading topics are men,
22 per cent., and clothes, 19 per
cent. For New York, the figures
were men, 44 per cent., and clothes,
23 per cent. The next topic is oth—
er women about 15 per cent.

In mixed company, men most fre—
quently talk to women about amuse-
ment, and next of business and
money. They further seem to talk
to women considerably about them-
selves—17 per cent—which is more
than when talking to other men.

Women most frequently converse
with men about amusement; second-
ly, about clothes; thirdly, to a con-
siderable extent about themselves
and about men.

The results were classified also as
to social status of those concerned.
Business people talked about busi-
ness and money in 70 per cent. of
cases, as compared with 43 per cent.
for industrial workers and 9 per
cent. for students.

Industrial workers talk
about men and themselves, and
students talk chiefly about other
men, their opportunities and amuse-
ments. It is interesting to observe
that only 8 per cent. of student con—
versation dealt with lessons.

Although health was one of the
subjects catalogued, it is important
to notice that it had little interest
for those who were well.

How TO MAKE roonn'rs FOR
BLOUSES AND SKIRTS

OCKETS are used on blouses,

skirts and dresses. They are

the set-on or patch pocket, and
the set-in. Both of these may be
made with or without laps, which
may be applied 'on the outside or set
into the edge of the pocket.

The patch pocket is the simplest
type of pocket. This may be out
according to a pattern, or a pattern
may be easily made for such a peck-
et. The top edges are hemmed or
faced, and the other edges turned in
and basted flat to the desired posi-
tion on the garment, then stitched
by machine close to the edge. Two
rows of stitching one quarter inch
apart may be used.

The laps for patch pockets are
generally made double, stitched on
the lower edge and sides, then turn—
ed and stitched on the outside along
the same edges. The upper edges
are then turned in or under, and
the lap is stitched flat to the gar-
ment so that its lower edge covers
the top of the pocket.

Set-win pockets are made in a sim-
ilar manner to bound buttonholes.
To make a set—in pocket, cut a
lengthwise strip of material-three
inches longer than twice the desired
depth of the pocket, and two inches
wider than the pocket opening.
Mark the position and size of the
pocket opening on the garment, then
crease the strip of pocket material

straight across, one and one-half ‘
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inches from one end. Place this
crease over the pocket marking and
haste. Mark the position of the
pocket through onto this section and
stitch around this marking. Cut
and turn pocket section through
onto wrong side and haste around
edges as for bound button-hole.
Stitch on the IOWer edge of the
opening then fold the long end of
the pocket strip up, so that the two
ends of the strip are together.
Stitch around the upper edge of the
opening, taking care that the ends
of the stitching turn the corners
and meet the stitching on the lower
edge. Next stitch the sides of the
pocket together and overcast. The
set—in pocket used on middy blouses
is finished with a very narrow bind-
ing and with pointed instead of
square ends—Blanche E. Hyde,
Clothing Specialist, Colorado Agri-
cultural College.

 

HANDLING llfY BEDS

RON bedsteads can be cleaned
with a cloth dipped in gasoline.
Turning the mattress occas-
ionally adds to the length of its life.
Remove the dust from the mattress
and from the springs with a whisk
broom.

To take out spots and stains on a
mattress moisten a little laundry
starch and househbld amonia pow-
der with water. Apply to the spot.
Remove two days later with a stiff
brush. If there are still traces of
the stain, spongs with a cloth damp-
ened with water to which a few
drops of amonia have been added.

My double blankets were very
heavy to wash so I cut them all
apart and bound both ends of each
blanket with binding ribbon. They
are now much easier to handle and
can be used singly when double
blankets would be too warm.

It is often necessary to wash a
large bed quilt or comforter when
the upper end of it is the only soil—
ed part. To avoid this, one side of
each down comforter should have
three or four buttons on it to which
a sheet with buttonholes worked at
the top may be buttoned over. This
sheet can be changed with the oth—
er washable bedding and the com-
forter will keep clean and sanitary
for a long time.-——Mrs. B. D.

REMOVING STAINS

HEN cleaning black satin
shoes, always use a piece of
black velvet. This prevents
the satin from becoming rough and
removes the dust and spots as read-
ily as an ordinary cloth saturated
with alcohol or chloroform.
if the percolator strainer horzomos
clogged, pour coarse mll‘ in to it and

scrub the perforations inside and
out. l‘our bollan water through to
wash away the salt and coffee (lo-
posit.

Coarse salt. Iliuowznml with vino-
gar will clean enameled warn that

has become burned or dig-,eolored.

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Something (m Myles mod l}0'0l‘fl.~—'I Mn
a little brown-eyed girl of seventeen sum-
mers. There is a. few things I would
like to know and I am most sure you
can enlighttm me. Are old rose and
bright red going to be worn much this
summer? What are the leading colors
for this summer? Also will colored shoes

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clinch-in ,
Eyes”. Shepherd. Michigan.

fiBright red and all of the gay 'ooiors‘

are correct for sport clothes. Old rose
is always pretty and proper if it is be-
coming to the wearer. Printed silks in
various harmonizing color combinations
are pretty” and much in vogue sit the
present time. Tans, grays and blues in
all shades are as popular as ever, while
tan, gray, brown and black shoes with
hose to match are mostly worn. Never
under any circumstances follow the pre-
vailing styles in colors unless they are
becoming. One \should not be tempted

into wearing a new shade simply be- ‘

cause it is the latest fad.
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How to Keep Horse-radish.—I have
noticed a. request through The Business
Farmer for a. way to put up horse-radish
for winter use and I am so well pleased
with the way I have done it for the past
fifteen years with perfect success that
I am going to tell others. Leave the
roots in the ground until the frost has;
killed the leaves, then take a box or old.
pail, or any article you wish, and put
in a layer of dirt in the bottom, then a
layer of horse-radish roots, and another
layer of dirt, and so on until you have
the amount you wish. Put plenty of
dirt on top and place in your cellar and-
about once a week pour a little water oni
the dirt—not too much, just enough to
keep moist. When you wish horse-radish
just dig a few roots, scrape and put
through the fine part of a vegetable
chopper, or grate it, and then fix it as
you like best. You will be delighted with
it as it is just the same as when you
take it from the ground in the spring.
I also save all the crowns I cut off the
roots and keep them in the box with the
roots to set out in the spring to grow
into more plants. You can also put down
parsnips and carrots the same way and
have them fresh and crisp for winter
use—Mrs. F. M. R... Orleans, Michigan.

 

Got Check for Prize Letter.—I am in
receipt of your voucher for $1 for which;
(now that I’ve got my. breath) I thank
you very much. Wishing you great suc-
cess, I ant—E. M. C., Oakley, Mich.

Household Hints.—-—I have a few house-
hold hints that may help some of our
readers. The busy farmer's wife would
like to make fuel for cook stove go as
far as possible, so get your oil stove oven
out on top of the cook stove and bake
your bread in it while baking cookies or
pie in the cook stove oven. ' Try it once,
it works fine. Change the bread, in oil”
stove oven, from top to bottom after it
has been in one—half hour. For washing
milk separator after rinsing the first time
put in a half teaspoonful of baking soda
instead of soap—Mrs. R. N.

\Vants Some Red Pop Corn.—I Wish I
could find some red pop com. I have
looked in every catalog that I can get
and cannot find any. I wonder if any
of the readers have some seed that they
could spare. I would be pleased to pay
for some. I only need a little, just enough
to get a start—Mrs. N. Crum, Wheeler,
Michigan,

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The above is a quilt pattern sent in
by one of. our readers and I think it
very attractive. The hand made quilts
are Very popular right now and command
a big price in the city. I use a pink
and white one in a rose room and a blue
and white in my blue-bed-roocm. They
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Menu foTM;_24th

‘Chickens Stewed with Olives
Chartrcsue of Spinach
Baked Squash

 

 

Asparagus Salad 5
Rhubarb Tarts
Coffee
‘(ihiclu-n Stewed with Olivcsr—Cut 2

young chickens into joints and put to cook
in three pints of water with pepper, salt
and an anion. Cook until the chickens are
very tender, Take up, drain and wipe
chickens and fry them in fat until they
are brown. Strain water in which chickens
were cooked and take a little more than
1%,; pint of it for sauce. Put this into
the frying pan in which chickens were
tried, thicken it a little, and into it put
2 dozen olives, chopped, and one table-
spoon capers. When it is quite hot and
smooth pour over chickens and serve.

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Cream Purim—1% cups flour, 5 eggs, 1
cup hot water, % cup butter. Boil the
water and butter. Add flour carefully
and mix thoroughly. Cook 5 minutes,
cool slightly. Add the eggs, unbeaten,
one at a time, when the mixture is cooked.
Beat mixture until smooth. Bake in hot
oven 25 to 30 minutes. If used as desert,
fill with whipped cream or fruit whip.
The latter is made by folding whipped
cream ninto fruit pulp and sweetening to
taste. Creamed meat or vegetable may
be used for luncheon or supper.

Coffee Cake.—Use a baking powder bis—
cuit dough. Spread a thin layer of cream
over the top. Stick small pieces of apples
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erages such as tea, coffee. chocolate,
cocoa, milk lemonade, iced tea, etc., we
drink; the spoon is used only for stirring
and tasting. It is quite impermissible to
drink from a cup in which the spoon
remains; to leave the spoon standing in
the cup; or to take up a spoonful of
coffee or tea and “blow” upon it to cool
it. Boiled eggs, fruits served with cream,
custards and puddings are eaten with a
spoon. Melons may be served either with
fork and knife, or with fork and spoon;
and either fork or spoon may be used to
convey the portions to the mouth. Hom-
iny, rice, etc., when served with cream
and sugar, are eaten with a spoon; while
frozen punches, ices, ice-cream, jellies and
fruit salads are usually served with
spoons and forks. Either utensil may be
used alone or both in conjunction. When
unpitted fruit is served, the fork is cor-
rect.

 so s ins s‘s ‘

_ Dutch apple cake.

cinnamon. Bake in hot oven 15 or 20
minutes. 'A layer of sliced apples may
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Cinnamon Rolls.-—Add two extra table-
spoons of fat to the lbiscuit recipe. Roll
out dough to one—fourth inch thickness.
Spread over surface one tablespoon but—
ter, two tablespoons sugar, and half tea—
spoon cinnamon. Make shect into a tight
roll. Cut in slices one inch thick. Bake
inhot oven 15 to 30 minutes. Currants,
:Zisiins, nuts or pieces of apples may be

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Ye shall know the truth, and the truth
shall make you free. John 8:23.

Evil is not true. It is a belief that
the untrue is true; and this belief fastens
itself upon the consciousness of man and
controls his thoughts and actions to his
harm. Evil is one universal mistake,
just as the-belief that the earth was square
was a universal mistake, that kept men
stumbling in its darkness until one came
holding aloft the light of his divine mes-
sage. The darkness disappeared with the
coming of this light, the evil vanished
for it was only a belief—with the coming
in of the truth.

 

 

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The Spoon: Its Use and Abuse.—The
spoon should always be noiseless. If the
napkin is not a towel, neither is the spoon
a musical instrument. Anything liquid
should be tlken'into the mouth from the
side of the spoon. In the case of bouillon
served in the cusp (save in the case of
Jellied bouillon), the accompanying spoon
is a stirring accessory. After sipping to exchanges, no 085“ '"V°'V°d- sw‘md—n wm
try the temperature, the spoon is laid 9° '" "we" #1:”-BT'l'"d—‘é%‘im§§°a3d”§ll;‘é
aSIde  the bouillon drunk from the “‘éfiiwlli’i‘iires‘s" label irdlnsingssrecent issue to PM"
cuip. It is. not well-bred to pursue the '-- Exch‘" ° “7°” M" be "umberehd “goal:-
last drop in the soup-plate 'or bouillon— infisfnniuiiErifivmgflafiw“ ave I
cup With the spoon, or to tip the plate
or cup to that end. What has been said
With. regard to the bouillon-spoon also
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F you nave something to exchange, we will
rint it FREE under this heading providing:
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1——Pure S eckled Hamburg Cookerel for one
of 1slime breed.B—Mrs. M. F. Cone, Roscoinmon,
Michigan.

AIDS TO GOOD DRESSI._N_G

BE SURE AND SEND IN YOUR SIZE

A VOW Attractive Style.——This is :1 00d st'l f r combining two colors or two materials.
use ore e satin. _and have the tunic gof the’rgvegsible side, and the dress ‘of the _Satin Ol‘
Figure and plain voile together is also attractive. This Pattern is cut in 6 Sizes: 34
4%. pastries. his  A “ssh Sir  it WW “it me“‘“ 53

is ra e , i wi r nire ' inc ma eria or e me, an
3%. yards for the dress. The _width at the fggt is 11/2 551%. 0

1143. IA New and Practical Under.Garment.———Cotton or silk crepe, crepe de chine. batiste. nain‘
300 or Silk broad cloth may he used for this model. The fronts may be closed with buttons from
upper to lower edge. or the deiiign may be in “step in” style entirely” The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes:
Small. 34-36; Medium, 3840; I xtra. Large, 46-48 inches bust measure. A Medium

. Anne, 42—44;
size requires 2%, yards of 36 inch ihaterial. E

4741 .

4148. A 'Dalnty Summer Frock—This is nice for crepe de chine or batiste, with trimming. of
lace or embroiery. The new printed voiles, organdy and linen may also be used .for this pretty frock.
The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: 1 and 20 years. 16 year Size reqmres 4% yards of 32

. ’ 6'
mch material. The Width at the foot is about 1% yard.
4144. A Pretty Apron Frock—Here is a
lends itself attractively to percale, crepe, atern is cut in 8 Sizes: 36,
44, 4b, 48, and 50 inches bust measure. To make the frock for a 40 inch size will
The width at the foot is 2% yards.

4150. A Cool and Comfortable .Undergarment
for Boy's—Tins simple Lnion Suit will afford
no difficulty in the making and will be most ser-
VlCEilble to the “little man” who is to wear it.
The style is suitable for madi‘as, somette, cainbric
The Pattern
12 years. A

style that will appeal to women of mature figure. It
sateen and gingham. The P t

require 4%'yards of 36 inch inaterniL

or muslin as. well as for flannel.
is cut in 5 Sizes: 4, 0, 8, 10 and

year size requires 1%, yard of 36 inch
material.

4158. Two Popular Styles in Qne.———For the
Blouse one could use linen, seisette, Indian

llead or butiste. For the Jacket, velvet serge,
linen or ponng could be used. The Blouse may
he finished )Vith short. sleeves. The Pattern is
cut in 3, Sizes: 2, 4 and 6 years. ‘ year
size requires 11/2 yard of 32 inch material for
the Blouse and 1 yard for the Jacket.

4757. A Set of New Sleeves.——Very often a
dress of a pi'eVious season may be made up to
date by the addition of new. sleeves. The models
here depicted, are all attractive. Both No. 1 and
l\o. 3 are pretty in chiffon, crepe, kushzi and
other materials. N0. 2 may also be used for
soft fabrics, nan'ell as for velvet, serge and helium-
materials. This Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: Small,
Medlmll. Large and Extra Large armsize. To
make one pair of sleeves for a Medium size will
require; ~73 yard for No. 1. ‘34 yard for No. 2:.
and 7/5 yard for No. 3.
“,4749. A Pretty Frock .for Mother’s Giri.——
t) .00} crepe. gingham or VOile could he used for
Tits style. .It is also a. good model for linen.
‘ ‘6 $10311”; is effected at the left side on shoulder
“l”! .dt Mmscy'e. but additional opening is also
{Elvigdfgldfolib 122‘s Pagernsis cut in 4 Sizes: 4.

! 1‘8. 11 U . ~ .,
yards of 36 inch material. year sue legumes H

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3 FOR 30c POSTPAID

Order from this or former issues of Th
Farmer. giving number and sign °y3.‘.‘-""°"
name and address plainly.

ADD 10c FOR SPRING AND SUMMER
1924 FASHION BOOK

Address all orders for patterns to
Pattern Department

THE BUSINESS FARMER
Mt. Clemens, Mich.

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and yet you save M3

Riverside Oversize Cord Tires are guaranteed for 10,000
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So why not save one—third and use Riverside Cords?
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. Beating out the grain—a 

' method old as the pyramids
and the best today.

      
    

is the only separator which em-  l
' plays the beating principle. All ‘
others de end on the grain tall-
ing out or the straw and chat!
by its own weight.

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against the famous ‘ Man Behin the ‘
Gun." ' ht here 90% of the grain is
separated‘. The Beating Shakers com-
plete the saving and all your in
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market.

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more of time an grain to pay your
thresh bills. Therefore be sure to con-
tract with the custom thresher who
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for your copy; learn about the smaller
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(In Continuous Business Since 1848)
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EAR girls - and boysz—Next
week we will observe Memorial
Day and honor the men and

boys who have given their life blood

.for their country—our country—

the United States. All of you know
that Memorial Day comes on the
30th of May in Michigan but how
many of you know if all of the
states observe this day? No, they
do not all observe it. May 30th is
Memorial Day and a public holiday
in all states and possessions except
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louis-

iana, Mississippi, North and South

Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Tex-
as and Virginia. Confederate Mem-
orial Days that are public holidays
are April 26th in Alabama, Florida,
Georgia and Mississippi; May 10th
in North and South Carolina, and
June 3rd in Tennesssee. June 3rd
is a‘legal holiday in Arkansas, Lou-
isiana, Texas and Virginia. Now
how many of you knew that?—
UNCLE NED.

OUR GIRLS AND BOYS

Dear Uncle Nedz—May I join the Chil-
dren’s Hour? I never wrote a letter to
you before so I thought I would write.
I have brown hair and brown eyes. My
birthday is the 6th of November. I am
11 years old and in the 4th grade. I
have a mile and a little over to go to
school. I wish some of the girls would
write to me;——Ethel Clement, Dryden, R1,
Michigan.

Dear Uncle Nedz—May I join your
merry circle too? My father has been
taking the M. B. F. for some time and
he likes it very well. We live on a. 40-
acre farm. We have a large house. I
guess I will describe myself. I am 10
years old and 41/2 feet in height, have
light brown hair and light blue eyes. My
birthday is December 31st. Have I a
twin? I have two sisters and no brothers.
I am in the sixth grade at school. We
have 30 rods to go to school. We have
65 chickens, 7 turkeys, 3 cows and one
team of horses. We live seven miles
west of Mt. Pleasant. My letter is get-
ting sort of long so must close. All the
boys and girls write to me, I will answer
all letters. I hope Mr. Waste Basket
does not get my letter. Your niece,—Lu—
ella Jewell, R2, Box 35, Mt. Pleasant,
Michigan.

Dear Uncle Ned:--—I h ve been a silent
reader of the Children's our for a long
time and it has gladdened some of my
saddest hours. My father has been tak—
ing the paper for a long time and thinks
it is a very good paper. I am 14 years
old and am in the eighth grade at school.
I am 5 feet 4 inches tall, rather slim,
black bobbed hair, large blue eyes, pink
cheeks and very pretty. I am writing
this letter in school. I am very interested
in riddles. There have been quite a few
lately. I hope Mr. Waste Basket doesn’t
gobble down my letter. I remain as your
niece,——Thresa. Zarnaltes, R2, Auburn,
Michigan.

Dear Uncle Ned :-——Well here I am
again. I come often, don’t I? I guess
you know me, don't you? Because the
last time I wrote I told about my trip to
Detroit. Well I went again last fall and
had a much better time than I did the
other times because we always went on
the train before but this time we went in
the automobile. I am not going to tell
about it, on account of having taken up
so much room the other time and I have
more to tell about this time so I
will not bother for if I do there wont be
any room left for anybody else. Say I
would like it if you would have a poetry
contest.

When we went to Detroit this last time
we went just about straight south from
Cass City and came to many detours. It
was around the 15th of September. But
Dad says the next time we go, he is
going to Mt. Clemens and follow the shore
line to Detroit. He said I could stop
in and see you, Uncle Ned, when we do
go. Won’t that be nice? But whoa, just
a minute here now! Say I know some-
thing. Do you know what it is? Some
of the cousins might be Jealous. Ha!
Ha! I'll just bet there is more than one
jealous cousin after they read this letter
and find out what I said. But I don’t
care. I am going to stop in anyway. I
don’t suppose I can stay very long though.
Just long enough to get acquainted.

Now if some of the cousins will write
to me I will answer them unless there
are so many in the mail that I can’t
answer them. The last time I wrote when
I put that riddle in I got letters from all
over Michigan and one from a girl named
Hazel Thompson of Kentucky. I am 12
years old and I am in the seventh grade
at present. I was 13 years old the 24th
of March. The county nurse was to our
school on November 8th and I was 60
inches tall and weighed 86% pounds at
the time. My normal weight is 96 pounds.
But I'll bet you know what I am called
at school. Everybody calls me skinny
mostofthetime. Sealmnotaghamed

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to tell my name anyway. Say, Uncle
Ned here is a good contest to have: Have
each one that wants to join the contest
compose a. poem and send it to you.
Each poem must have 4 lines in and the
one who has the best poem for the grade
they are in will be the one to get the
prize. Have each one tell the grade they
are in at the bottom of the poem and if
they have graduated tell how many years
ago, but if they have not attended school
yet you can Judge that yourself. Well I
guess I had better stop for once and let
the rest talk for a. while. Please don‘t
kick me out for talking so much. Please!
Please l—Hazel Baker, Elkton, R1, Mich.

 

Dear Uncle Ned:-—This is the first
time I have ever written to the M. B. F.
I live with my parents on a small farm.
I am seventeen years of age. Am in-
terested in music best of all. although
am not afraid to try any kind of work.
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younger than myself. We live two and a
half miles from Beulah on M. 11 Pike.
I am interested in church and Sabbath
school and I belong to a. class of young
folks, about twenty-five of us. Well as
my letter is getting long and I don’t care
to go to the waste basket I will close
hoping to get an answer from some of
the cousins. Good-bye Uncle Ned. From
your niece—Miss Isabel Link, Box 11,
R1, Beulah, Michigan.

 

 

 

Dear Uncle Nedz—May I come in and
join your merry circle? I have been read-

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ing the Children's Hour for quite a long
time. My hair is dark brown and I have
blue eyes and am 6 feet in height and 14
years old. My birthday is February the
6th. I am in the 8th grade at school.
we had exams last week. I wish some
of the boys and girls would write to me.
Well I will have to close or my latte
will be in the waste basket. Your friend.
—-Vera Crake, R6, Brown City, Mich.

 

Dear Uncle Ned:———May I please join
your merry circle? I have been a. silent
reader of the Children’s Hour for a long
time. I always wanted to join but al-
ways put it off. I am a tomboy 16 years
of age. Weigh 110 pounds and am 6 feet
2 inches in height, have dark brown hair
and dark brown eyes. My birthday is
November 2nd. Have I a. twin? I live
on a. farm with my mother and brothers.
I have no sister. We have 9. Fordson
tractor and like it real well, also a new
Ford touring car, 1924 model. :- pets
I have 2 dogs, 3 cats, 1 chicken. r/I had
a pet lamb but it died. We have 3
horses, 8 head of cattle, 4 calves, 2 pigs,
6 sheep, 7 lambs, chickens, ducks, geese,

guinea hens and pigeons. My favorite
sport is riding horseback. I can climb
trees too. Say, Uncle Ned, once my

brother went after some hickory nuts
and I climbed the tree, and I was nearly
up to the top when the limb I was step-
ping on broke and down I came but not
all the way down. There were so many
limbs that I got caught so I could not
fall. Will some of the boys and girls
please write to me. I will close with a
few riddles. When is a door not a door?
How many sticks goes to a crew’s nest?
What is the last hair on a dog's tail
called? Whoever guesses any one of these
or all, it makes no difference, will get a.
letter from me. With best wishes to the
merry circlers. Your want-tone-nlece
-——Agnes Posey, R3, Box 94, Marine City.
Michigan.

Little Brown Bats and Their Umbrellas

ITTLE Mother Brown Bat draped
her soft little body over her
three bl‘OWn baby bats. The

‘ sky splashed millions of big tears

over little Mother Brown Bat and
her three brown baby bats.

“Oh, dear me! Oh, dear me!”
wailed little Mother Brown Bat;
adding her tears to the millions
splashed from the sky. “I cannot
keep my precious baby bats dry. If
only I had a big umbrella!”

And with one motherly paw she
smoother the dowuy heads of her
baby bats. They were wet, oh, so
very wet.

“If only our little Mother Brown
Bat had an umbrella!” moaned
Billy and Bumpy Bat, giving little
Mother Brown Bat an affectionate
squeeze. Billy and Bumpy were
twins, you see. And always thought
the same about everything.

“Poor Little Mother Brown Bat!
She needs an umbrella to keep
the sky’s tears from drowning us!”
whined Beezy Bat, through his
wide-open, little bag of a mouth.

The erect, pointed ears of Grand-
mother Bat, who was huddling close
by, listening to little Mother Brown
Bat’s squeaky voice, became a little
more pointed as she called to little
Mother Brown Bat,

“Well, my dear, if you so need a
big brella why don’t you go to
the olden Fairy, who has always
been our friend, and beg that she
give you a little umbrella, that you
may keep your dear children always
dry and warm?"

“Yes, Little Mother Brown Bat,
go to the Golden Fairy and beg for
an umbrella.” the baby bats coaxed,
raising deep—set, keen eyes toward
Little Mother Brown Bat. And they
shivered as they thought of their
wet fur coats.

Now, my dears, of course you un-
derstand this all happened hundreds
and hundreds of years ago, when
not a single bat in the whole world
owned a pair of Wings.

It was an impish-looking little an—
imal who was always kind to her
babies, feeding her wee ones from
her tiny breasts as a mouse does its
young. ‘She was also a very usetul

  

  
  

little Mother Brown Bat, gobbling
up insects and helping to keep away
malaria from the Really Truly
Folksies.

But there, kiddums dear, I am
straying far from my story.

Little Mother Brown Bat listened
to her childrens’ pleading and right
then and there she made up her
little bat mind as quick as “A B C”
to do as they begged.

So she hung the twins over the
twig of a tree and Beezy on another
twig, and, bidding them and Grand-
mother Brown Bat a loving fare-
well, started for the Golden Fairy.

In a day’s time little Mother
Brown Bat, reached the Golden
Fairy. Very humbly she told the
Golden Fairy what she had come
for.

And what do you think the Gold-
en Fairy did? She warmly welcom-
ed Little Mother Brown Bat, waved
her golden wand and spoke,

“Little Mother Brown Bat, you
have been a faithful mother, and a
faithful friend to the Really Truly
Folksies. You have always been
very clean in your habits, and, as a
reward I think that you and all the
other little Brown Bats in the world
deserve a beautiful pair of wings!
Which shall be as agile as the
swift's, and as fleet as the swallow’s.
They shall measure eight or nine
inches from tip to tip and will fold
like a pocket knife. With these
wings you and all the other little
Brown Bats can help rid the world
of mosquitoes and other insect
nuisances. Indeed, you will be
very, very fast.” The Golden Fairy
paused.‘

“And, oh, lovely Golden Fairy,
never again will the millions of
tears from the skies almost drown
my poor little Brown Bats.” And
at the thought of Billie, Bumpy and
Beezy, little Mother Brown Bat
took her wee pocket handkerchief
and wiped the tiny tears that war.
spilling from her little brown eyes.

“No, never again, little Mother
Brown Bat. You shall have an um-
brellanas well as a pair of swift,
fleet wings." A. v “

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he‘ turned. her keen ideep~set eyes
around, and, behold! she had a pair
of wings which Were indeed as agile
as the swift's and as fleet as the
swallow’s. In fact, quite the most
wonderful wings in the world!

Little Mother Brown Bat raised
her thin, gauzy wings and found
herself darting hither and thither
with great swiftness, making sharp
turns without any effort. As she
flew, she kept her little mouth open
scooping all the insects in her way.
And she kept thinking,

“How proud the twins and Beezy
will be of’their new wings. And
Grand-mother Brown Bat, too!”
And with this thought Little Mother
Brown Bat flew a. little faster home.

Little Mother Brown Bat looked
very fine indeed. Her wings flutter-
ed like an aeroplane which you, my
dear kiddums, have often seen. Her
fur was soft as silk; and her dear,
little mother heart beat very fast.

The next day Mother Brown Bat
floated nearer, nearer home. When
at last .she arrived she found her
tiny youngsters, still hanging on the
twigs where she had left them. At
sight of little Mothers Brown Bat
they squeaked joyfully,

“Oh, Grandmother! Do look at
little Mother Brown Bat’s beautiful
new wings!”

And Grandmother Brown Bat
gave them a cold, haughty look and.

“Sillies! Look at your own
wings!” she snapped.

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lat-Town fists'fwere sprouting
, wings!

«new Wings,

. t-‘in‘y‘new
Exactly: like those of little
Mother Brown Bat. And even Grand-
mother Brown Bat had handsome
' which looked like a
thin, rubbery membrane, and ex-
tended clear back to her ankles and
thence back to the tips of the bony
tail.

Any Breezy Brown Bat, who was
hanging up-side—down, scratched the
back of his little ear with one hind
foot and squeaked. _

“We all have tiny umbrellas
now!"

And Billy and Bumpy Brown Bat,
who were climbing the trees with
the help of their teeth, stopped long
enough to test their wings and
gloated,

“Yes, Little Mother Brown Bat,
we all have umbrellas now!”

And so it has been every since,
kiddums dear. All the little Brown
Bat’s children and their childrens'
children and their childrens’ child-
ren have all owned tiny, silky “um-
brellas” which enable them to gob-
ble more insects and cover much
more ground than did their great-
grandfathers and their great, great-
grandmothers.

And now when the sky spills mil-
lions of little tears the little Brown
Bats do not care in the least, as did
their great, great-grandfathers and
their great, great—grandmothers,
who had no protection at all from
all those millions and millions of
tears—Helen Gregg Green.

    

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like to know how it is that through
the State Administrative Board Sev-
eral new buildings have recently
been erected at the Home and
Training School at Lapeer, without
the least vestige of legislative au-
thorization. —

Eaton Double-Crosses Himself

I am astounded by the inconsist—
ency of the Governor’s secretary in
referring in one breath to Mr. Slo-
cum's editorial calling attention to
my article, and then in the next
breath saying, “However, if Mr.
Slocum had believed the facts to be
inaccurate relative . to state ex-
penses, it would seem to me as
though he should have secured the
correct information previous to pub-
lication of the article. It is prob-
able, however, he did not see the
article before publication.” If Mr.
Slocum did not see the article before
publication how could he have writ-
ten an editorial calling attention to
the article and had it published sim-
ultaneously with the article?

In connection with Mr. Slocum's
editorial we might also point out
another minor inconsistency on the
part of Mr. Eaton. He quotes Mr.
Slocum as saying with reference to
my figures regarding the cost of op-
erating the state prisons, as fol-
lows: “He says that he does not be-
lieve them to be fairly stated in the
article referred to.” Anyone by re-
ferring to Mr. Slocum’s editorial
will find he did not say any such
thing but merely stated that he
questioned a little whether or not to
use my figures on this» subject. We
take it that they looked as though
they might possibly be exaggerated
or inaccurate. However, Mr. Slo-
cum did not declare that he believed
them to be untrue.

Why Dodge the Facts?

Does it not appear that Mr. Eaton
is attempting to dodge the question
in his attempt to answer my specif-
ic figures about state tax totals, by
introducing a lot of irrelevant evi-
dence regarding centralized purch-
asing and accounting, fire insurance
rates, road building, etc? He seems
to take it for granted that we have
been attempting to throw the whole
state administration into disrepute.

If‘the shoe fits we have no objec-
tion to his putting it on, although
of course, that was not our inten-
tion in writing the article. We
were merely seeking to give a satis-
factory and comprehensive answer
to a specific question asked us by
one of the readers of THE Busmnss
anmnn. We were not attempting
to disparage all of the various ac-
tivities of the present state admin-
istration but merely to cover this
one matter of increase in state rev-
enues and expo es. Mr.‘ Eaton
« s ms to feel that the work of the
present state administration needs

apologies and defense. It is, 'of
course, fitting and proper that as
the mouthpiece of the administra-
tion he should attempt to get his
ideas in print.

Glad to Hear of Savings

We are, of course, greatly grati-
fied to note all the benefits which
have come to us through “the vast
suim which he (the Governor) has
saved to the tax payers by giving his
personal attention to road building
and to the management of various
state institutions.”

However, we have not noticed any
material falling 01! in our highway
taxes and still hear from time to
time of additional millions of state
highway bonds being issued. We are
also informed that the state owes
the counties $6,200,000 in back
highway .rewards. Concerning the
prisons, the increase in expenditures
has already been noted.

It almost seems as if the execu—
tive department is taking a little un-
due credit to itself when the state-
ment is made about millions of dol—
lars being saved by the Governor to
the property owners through his
action in forcing down fire insur—
ance rates. '

If I remember correctly the Eu-
abling Act which made possible this
admittedly desirable reform was
passed by the legislature, and it is

undoubtedly true that much more

constructive legislation would have
been passed had there been a proper
harmony between the executive and
legislative branches during the re-
cent session. By vetoing the gas
tax against the Wishes of a large
majority of Michigan citizens, the
Governor placed the House in such
a state of mind that a large amount
of legislation was jeopardized.
Many good bills were killed in the
Senate Committees, being held up
as clubs over the House in an at-
tempt to force that body to pass the
weight tax bill and other legislation
desired by the Governor.
Not a Personal Argument

I trust that your readers will not
get the idea—if you see fit to pub-
lish this letter—that there are any
personal difficulties between myself
and Mr. Eaten. He is merely an
employee of the present state ad-
ministration. But for me tq re-
main silent in face of these attacks
upon my integrity, purpose and
character would be virtually to ad-
mit them, which I certainly do not
care to do. It would be poor policy
and almost suicidal folly for me to
misquote figures or misstate facts. I

This is just another example of
where one who has come out and
spoken boldly for the peoples’ cause
has not met with favor at the hands
of those in control of a highly cen-
tralized government—«Stanley M.
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MCHIGAN COWS THAT ARE
REAL PRODUCERS

HERE have been and are yet a-
lot of mighty good dairy cows
in the Wolverine State.

At Hillsdale, Glen Benedict has a
nice herd and in it Fayne Patterson
DeKol who made 536.3 pounds, milk
with 26.7 pounds butter; and Money
Milk .Segis, less than three years
old, with 436.4 pounds milk and
18.65 pounds butter. Fayne Patter-
son 'DeKol was a hearty eater, con—
suming, besides hay, corn silage and
molasses, 29 pounds of Larro a day
as her grain ration.

'Mr. Benedict’s herd bull is Korn—
dyke Butter Boy Fayne DeKol, of
the line bred by that fine old man,
the late Henry Stevens at the
Brookside Herd in Lacona, New
York, and the blood has carried its
producing qualities to the fourth
generation in this Michigan dairy.

Jerseys, too, are keeping money
in circulation in Michigan, with
Brown Swiss helping the good work
along. I

Near Ann Arbor, H. B. Waters &
Son, have a herd of 40 Jerseys
headed by a Golden Jolly bull of
snap and style and good ancestry.
Alfalfa from 35 acres, 30 acres of
corn and 20 acres of oats help to
feed the herd. Succulent summer
feed is provided by green corn and
sunflower stalks run thru a cutter
and fed with Larro sprinkled over
them. Sunflowers go into the silo
with the corn, also. -

An average yield of four gallons
of milk a day from his milking herd
shows the sort of cows W. H. Kop-
pler of Ann Arbor keeps. He has
a good Brown Swiss bull which he
uses on Jersey cows, and the heifers
are well grown and thrifty. Home
grown corn and oats are used with
Larro as the herd ration for the 50
head in the dairy.
Durand is the
which is in the limelight now, be-
cause Mr. John E. Post, Postdale
Farm, has made a world’s record
for age with his Holstein-Friesian

Michigan town

cow, Lilith ‘Segis In'ka DeKol Johan,

in the seven day division. She is
four years old and has to her credit,
officially, 862.6 pounds of 2.71 per
cent milk, 23.386 pounds fat or 29.—
23 pounds butter, having calved
February 7, 1924. That is an aver—
age of 123.2 pounds a day, but one
day she milked 126 pounds. Her
thirty day record shows that she
sticks right to her work as it is
3,435 pounds milk and 92.219
pounds fat or 115.27 pounds butter.
These are world’s records for milk
in the four year old class.

Pedigree showing inherited abil-
ity vplus good care and feeding, plus
ambition and perseverance and
hard work on the part of her owner
—all these had their part in mak-
ing this Michigan Holstein cow a
world’s record maker for her age
and breed.

er. Post has been breeding reg-
istered Holsteins only two years,
but he has “put his back into it”

and has a herd of 47 head which
would do credit to many a cattle
man of twice his age. He is a fair—
ly young man, but in dead earnest
in his efforts to do real constructive
work. Built on a foundation pur—
chased fom J. F. Rieman, of Flint,
the herd has been kept up to a high

standard.
The emphasis laid on Lilith
Inka’s record does not mean that

she is the only cow at Postdale
which deserves mention. The whole
herd is producing profitable, 35
pounds a day being the lowest
amount given by any milking fe-
male, while the highest is at pres-
ent 124.6 pounds. This is all the
more remarkable as there are only
six cows of mature age in the lot.

Careful feeding has a most im-
portant bearing on the work done at
Postdale. The cows are started off
with a warm mash and then are fed
slowly and have their grain increas—
ed just as long as they respond to
the increase. Lilith, for instance,
ate as much as 35—pounds grain, 4—
pounds cottonseed meal and 26-
pounds Larro with 32—quarts of beet
pulp and all the hay she would
clean up. Mr. Post feeds alfalfa as
long as he has any to feed.

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of water'his cows get. It is interest-
ing to know that when Lilith was
making 86.8 pounds milk a day she
drank 100.6. pounds Iwater. -

The calves on Mr. Post’s farm get
.120 pounds milk a day and after
their wants are «provided for, he
trucks over 1000 pounds each day
into Flint.

The above' mentioned Michigan
dairymen are interested in their
work, progressive and prosperous
and we hope that the story of their
success will be an inspiration not
only to beginners in this line of
work but to some who have not en-
tirely without reason become rather
pessimistic in the last few years.

There is an old saying, “What
man has done, [man can do,” and
there isn’t a thing recited above
that hundreds more in the State of
Michigan cannot duplicate on their
own farms. The good land is there,
the good cows are there and the
possibility of success is there—it re-
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Has clover chaff mixed with other
ground feed any feed value for
hogs?——C. R., Michigan.

—There is no question but what
either clever or alfalfa hay is of
considerable value for hog feeding
and ,better results are obtained
when one or the other of these two
leguminous hays is kept in a rack
where hogs can have continuous ac—
cess to it.

There would also be some value
in soaking the clover chaff along
with the grain and feeding it in that
way. I would not advise doing this,
however, with either growing or fat-
tening pigs, as .the growing or fat—
tening pig cannot handle a large
amount of fiber and does better
where he has access to it and take
only what he needs. ’

The mature sows, however, may
be fed a ration containing a consid-
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fourth, of the total amount of her
feed in the form of either clover
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I have a Jersey cow that fresh-
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the side. It healed all right but
the milk leaks out of it. Could you
tell me if there is anything I could
do to make it grow closed again?—
N. N., Grand Rapids, Mich.

——Holes in the side of the teat can
be cured by performing an operation,
scarifying the edges of the opening
and closing it with sutures. The
operation however, will need to be
done by a veterinarian who under—
stands this operation. It is best that
the operation be performed when
the cow is dry.——John P. Hutton,
Assoc. Prof. of Surgery and Medi—
cine, M. A. C.

 

 

 

FOR LICE ON CATTLE

AND HORSES

Please tell me if there is any pre-
paration to rub on cattle and horses
to rid them of lice?~—A. H., Brown
City, Michigan.
——I would suggest that you try the
following: To one pound of Lark—
spur seed add one gallon of water,

REDIEDY

V let simmer on the stove for about an

hour. After cooling apply to the sur—
face of the Skin with a sponge and
rub well in. This treatment can be
repeated in two weeks if necessary.

Stables where the horses and cattle
are kept should be thoroughly clean—
ed and disinfected by spraying them
with some efficient disinfectant pre-
paration—John. P. Hutton, Assoc.
Prof. of Surgery and Medicine, M.
A. 0.

Taking Him at His Word
He was telling her about the members
of his football team.
“Now, there’s Johnson,” said he; “in a

, few weeks he will be our best man.”

And then she lisped, “Oh! Jack, this is
so sudden l”:——Exchange.

 

 
 

 
   

Every Day You Need,



(STANDARDIZED)
TO AID IN KEEPING
All livestock and Poultry Healthy
Kills Lice, Mites and Fleas.

For Scratches, Wounds and
common skin troubles.

 

THE FOLLOWING BOOKLETS ARE FREE:

No. ISI—FARAI SANITATION. Describes and tell
how to prevent diseases common to livestock.

No. 157—006 BOOKLET . Tells how to rid the do;
of fleas and to help prevent disease.

No. 160-IIOG BOOKLET. Covers the prevention 0!
common hog diseases.

No. TBS—HOG WALLOWS. Gives complete direc-
tions for the construction of a concrete hog wallow.

No. 163-POULTIW. How to get rid of lice and
mites. and to prevent disease.

WODNO. 1 In Original Pack for
at All Drug Stores.“ 3".

ANIMAL INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF

Parke, Davls 8. Co.

DETROIT. MICH-

 

 

 

 

POULTRY BREEDERS’
'—DIRECTORY——

Advertisements inserted under
this heading at 30c per agate line,
. per issue. Commercial Baby Chick
advertisements 450 per agate line.
Write out what you have to offer
and send it in. \Ve will put it in
type, send proof and quote rates by
return mail. Address The Michigan
Business Farmer, Advertising De-
partment, Mt. Clemens, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RHODE ISLAND REDS

 

100 Special Reds

PULLETS

We offer 100 only Superior R. l. Red Pullets, at
3' mos. from trap nested stock. '
Send for Circular of these Pullets, and also Pul-
lets, liens, and Cockerels in Barred and \Vhite
Rocks; Wyandottes; Orpingtons; Minorcas; An-
('onus; Leghorns.
Also Turkeys, Geese, Ducks.
This stock is ready for summer and fall delivery.
It IS the Pure Breed Practical Pouitr that you
want on your farm for a money flock. Inspect
this stock on your own ground; guarantee that
you Will be fully satisfied.

STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION, Kalamazoo, Mlch.

Member International Baby Chick Association
Member Michigan State Farm Bureau

 

 

ROSE. COMB RHODE ISLAND REDS.
Hatching eggs $1.25 per 15. Postpaid.
MRS. ALBERT HARWOOD, R4. Charlovolx. Mlch.

BARRED ROCKS

Hatching Eggs. Barred Rock, Aristocrats and
Fishel White Wyandottes, 100-$5.50; ~33. '
15-$1.25. Joseph Amster. Paw Paw. Michigan.

 

 

 

 

DARK RINGLET BARRED ROCK EGGS $1.75
per 15; $3.00 )er 30.
Mrs. FRED LOMP, St. Charles, Michigan.

BARRED ROCK MATCHING EGGS FROM 9

pound males $1.10 per . , $2.00 per 30.
Mrs. Frank Mllllkln, Roscommon, Mlch., R. 1.

WYANDO'I‘TES

 

 

 

WHITE WYANDOTTES. R E G A L STRAIN.
Eggs for hatching, $1.50 per 15 and $7 per 100.
F. W. ROBERTS, Salem, Michigan.

 

 

GEESE

 

F O R s A L E—THOROUGHBRED TOULOUSE
Geese and Buff Rock Cockercls. Blue Ribbon prize
Wlllllel‘S. Buff Rock eggs $8.00 per 100. Goose
eggs 400 each.

BALDWIN d. NOWLIN, Lalngsburg, Mlch., R4.

TEN EGGS FROM PURE TOULOUSE GEESE.
$4.75. Fifteen eggs R. I. Reds, $1.25. In-
sured parcel post prepaid.

Mrs. Amy Southworth, Cassopolls, Mich., R2.

 

 

 

DUCKS

MAMMOTH PEKIN DUCK EGGS—$1.50 FOR
12, $2.75 for 24 or $9.00 per hundred.
W. BIXBY, R. 4. Davlson, Mlchlgan.

TURKEYS

EGGS FOR HATCHING

Bronze Turkeys, Toulouse Gcesc, Pekin Ducks and
Barred Rocks. Nearly all of this stock has been
imported, from Canada by us.

W. T. SHUTTLEWORTH, Ypsllantl,

 

 

 

Michigan.

Pure Bred Mammoth Bronze Toms One 2_ Year
old hardy beautifulwell marked birds. Write for
prices. Mrs. Griffin, Riverdale, Michigan.

SPECIAL SALE racemes“:

THOS. e. cALLAoHAN, Fenton, Michiganr

Have You

Poultry
For Sale? ‘

 

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Hollywood meted 13.00 per 100
Rural muted £10.00 per 100
Brown Le. ems 10.00
Anoonu $11. 0
lei-red Hooks 014.00

Immediate shipment. Telegraphic orders -‘
I scoepted
Illustrated Catalogue on Request

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Mpngh' 00¢ live doliv-y
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C H I C K S —— Investigate

Our chicks are the kind
that make ood. Every
(lock is care ully culled and
mated. We have been in
business seven years and
have been building care-
fully and consistently to a.
lace where we can offer
chicks more t an worth the money we
ask. SINGLE COMB, ENGLISH STRAIN,
WHITE LEGHOBNS, BABBED ROCKS,
ANCONAS. 100% live delivery guaran-
teed. Investigate our proposition before
buying. A postal will bring full infor-
mation.

STAR HATCHEBY, Box 23, Holland, Mich.

' Our Own Breeding

BABY CHICKS  
men

Le d tsdsdqucliti Vigil. L1° mg:

ying an s n r so com n years

' ' b siding, tchins and marketing.

whimniinifii 33.10;" Barred cks sud n. i. Bedl.

All flocks culled and inspected. Modern hatching

plsut. 2 hstches weekly. Qusllty chicks st com-
mercial prion. Write for prices and circular.

DEAN Egg Farm & Hatchery, Big Beaver
Mail address Birminghsn Mich. , R4

0 H I O K 8: HOGAN TESTED GUARANTEED
- Our Chicks are-from flocks on free
range. They will live and grow and
make a refit. ENGLISH WHITE
LEGHOR 8 end BROWN LEG-
HORNS. Hay; 1s ng E_xtrs Good
BARRED R00 _8. ostpsid to your
door sud full live delivery guaran-
c . Our flocks are carefully su er-
vised snd Hogan t Bunk ef-
. erence furnis ed. Write {or prices
HILL and descriptive matter.
VIEW HATOHERY, 0. Devon. Pro .
Box H. R. R.12. Holland. Mich. p

 

 

 

 

LOIg PRICEt MAYEHSBNE
erronsrong ng'hWhi a»-
horn chicks. All well culled sud tgn Il'r
mm s. Get our AA best stock and b
3;? foo-’E‘E‘i 00°?" “3‘63 will moo
1000. bur A .c icks sr'e scoogl' 0 pa
— I  oohygig, 63cc s391500000 per 100;
25% down, balance C. .l . ' per 1000'
ELGIN HATGHERY, Box 21e-A, Zeeiend, Mich“

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OHIOKG—All Popular Varieties. E production
gust smlndskid Quay “1111:, . tState F‘silri inrlibers. No
eercc as on same , ‘ and,
low prices after May 29th. p ce x"
Itchfleld Hatchery. thchfleld, Michigan.

 

PUREBRED sssv cuioxs assure
“a e lshnd Beds 3 4. '0 per 100. "0°"
.ioszni sins-ran. Pew Pu. .llohlm.

 

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nonsense usv onions. Lucile ves-
lcti 100 ,. s vol. right.

'i‘llos. of, osflsoMmm Ilohigsn.

HAVE You Pomer
non BALE?
AN A!) IN I. B. r.

 

 

.m m we won]:
. E. norms of Allegnn went
into the West Aim Associa-
tion in June. 1028. He has 9.
well bred herd ot Holsteins and sells
milk at wholesale. .

In a conversstion with an exten-
sion msn recently Mr. Hopkins said:
“The testing association work hasn't
cost me a penny. It‘s made me
money! My cows on the average
produced me ten pounds more milk
apiece every day this winter than
last winter. I got this extra milk
by knewing what my cows were do-
ing and leading them so they could
give me the most milk at the lowest
cost.”

Mr. Dairymsn! You can do this.
too! Mike L. Noon, President of the
Michigan State Farm Bureau, has
been in s cow testing association for
quite s tow years. Ask him it it has
paid him on his grade cows. Mr.
Noon will rear up on his hind legs
and crate thusly, “Any man who
joins a cow testing association and
uses the information he gets in weed-
ing out his visitor cows and feeding
his good cows so they milk to capac-
ity and who fails to get enough ex-
tra. profit to pay his testing cost can
come to me and get his dues back
plus a 60 per cent bonus."

How's that? Mr. Noon knows be-
cause he has tried it himself.——R. H.
Addy, Dairy Extension Specialist, M.
A. C.

 

NORTH KENT TESTING ASSOCIA-
TION REPORTS

HE North Kent Cow Testing As-
sociation, Herbert Hansen, Test-

er, reports that 26 unprofitable
cows were sold during the year and
that there are at least an equal
number remaining in the association
that the members expect to sell soon.
Twenty-three of the 25 members mix
their own feed and 23 of the 25 mem-
bers have one or more silos. Eleven
herds have one or more purebred
cows and all herds are tuberculin
tested. There'are 19 purebred sires
owned by the association members,

,seven of them Holsteins, six Guern-‘

seys, four Jerseys and two Short-
horns. Harry William's cow carried
all the honors in the association
work. His purebred Holstein cow,
Piney Grove Segis Elzevere, five
years old, was high in both milk and
butter tat production. Mr. William’s
herd of seven purebred and grade
Holsteins was likewise high in both
milk and butter fat production.
Twenty-nine cows made better than
365 pounds of butter fat during the
association year. This association
has reorganized and Mr. Hansen is
continuing on the work—A. C. B.

LITTLE CHICKS BUFFER LEG
WEAKNESS

I wish you would kindly tell me
what is the matter with my little
chicks. They are about 17 days old
and have leg weakness. They eat
good but keep getting weaker and
finally die. I have them in a. breed—
er house where it is warm all the
time. Nice days I let them out
door. I fed them eat meal the first
week then mixed feed with it. They
grew for two weeks nicely. Mrs.
L. M., Mt. Morris, Mich._

-——-The leg weakness which has oc—
curred in this flock of chicks is in
all probability a nutritional dis—
turbance caused by an insufficient
supply of green food. Leg weak-
ness usually occurs after the eighth
or ninth day it green food has been
neglected in the ration. It is al-
ways advisable to feed the chicks
green food in some form or other,
preferably sprouted oats, after the
fifth day.

Excellent results have been ob-
tained by feeding a mash mixture
containing bran and rolled cats with
tomato juice used for moistening.
Close confinement and an insuffici-
ent supply of mineral matter may
also cause stiffening ol the joints.
We have found that the addition of
granulated bone, bone meal, and
calcium carbonate in the form of
ground limestone rock is very bene-
flcial providing a. mash mixture con-
taining bran and rolled oats and cod
liver oil is given. Cod liver all
should be led at the rate of one hell!
pint to each live hundred chicks. It
can be emulsified with boiling water
if additional liquid is necessary. I
am sure these chicks will respond to
the shove suggestions—E. c. Fore-
msn. Professor 0! Poultry Husband-
ry, M. A. O.

 

 

  
 

 

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$10.00

'nnwns'cmcis' in.

June 3rd and later our best No. 1 EXTRA SELECTED
WHITE “GHORN CHICKS will be $10 per 100. Four
extra. included with each 100.

Our terms are 10% with «in. Isle-co one woehbdoro A“

Safe Arrival and Satisfaction Guaranteed

Write ‘- Cot-IOU
Reference, Romeo Ssvings Bonk, Renee, Mich,

W. A.  w IL. . n.

 

Member of lntsrnstlolsl Baby
Chick Association and Michi- .

m Bsby Chick Association.
Front World’s

CHI  ' Greatest Layers

Ifyou want are bred chicks that are bred right. hatched rlght.
and ship right. that grow and will make lit t
low [Moss and free catalog before you buy you 8 pm ' ‘. our n.“
s. 0. Anconas

Tom Barron Whit h

R. 0. & 8. O. oRho eolrs'lismd eresavyPyll”:  .330”.

Hooks are carefully culled and developed an free r o. All chicks are
hand picked and 1118 led. nocripplcsor weaklings. very one strong
and lgi . Static scftIou eni1100%fllive dcfiery announced. Post-
age rienow orourowpcess “catalog. White
Leghorn end Barred Rock pallets after May 1. -t low prices.

KNOLL'S HATCHERY, R. R. 12, Box 3 HOLLAND. MIC".

gRiCEs SLASHED c Sings-Hi3...

Ms , June and July delivery Shipped postpaid 100° live do
. . , livery guaranteed. 3 <
BroawMigiéfilgghAlepe imii)i Hollywood American Tgm of S. .. White lA‘glml‘llS. Sheppard: “gigginth
hitched in Newtofv‘linnfnculzseggrs from:i 202:1) BIs'éI iii-503.1913???” mid" lBulrmd “Mk5. Sdenuflm“
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. pull’ts i I I“ r
 Mgfgsihl Star Mating c from flocks of one and two year old lion’s ‘llmtl‘fla‘tz; égo-i'L‘IlgnEliiti
8. 0. White Le horns 6: S. C. m 500 mm
Extra 8%”?  a? so. 3.1511361331213101!" $12.00 $57.50 0110.00

. . r. 8. . Anli 10.00 47.50 i ll
gglnecteded Chicks.“ 8. d w. Leis. s. 0. Br. Les. .9. s. o. Auconas..._... 8.00 40.00 !73103
mm ..B°B°mn.i“'éi;i.u ' 1”" 3°“ “3'3"

 

. ..... .. '  7.50 .600
lance a week before shipment. Reference Zveland State llsnk.

Terms 10$ with order. be
TOWNLINE POULTRY FARM, Dept. B, Zeeland, Mich.

 

 

REDUCED PRICES— CERTIFIED CHICKS

From World’s Best Laying Strains
For JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST DELIVERY

Breed % 50 100 600 l000
Talmud Wh. Leghorn. $2.50 5‘. 50 $9.00 300.00 3 00.00
Plrks' Barred Rocks 1.00 6.00 11.00 52.50 102.50
R. C. l S. c. Rod. 3.00 0.00 11.00 52.50 102.50

 

Order now forprompt delivery. Setisfsction gusrsnteed. All flocksins ected d rtl
d_ i ted] t by Mich. Agr. College. Strong healthy chicks, reel money-makers. D‘i’ui't (is: 9112:;
issppo n as yestrgedCrder from this ad now. Catalog free. Real bruiler chicks at 57.00 per 100 Alter June

1st, no
POULTRY FARM, 3.8, Box 8, Holland, Michigan

Special Sale of? June Chicks

Here Is your opportunlts to buy good usllty Chicks at those remarkably low grime

 

 

 

 

r Look—Amorted lots of Oh 75.00 per 000 lot. 338 50 per 500 $8 00 l 0 8'4 00
r . . :er

k or 60. Guaranteed Live e‘very to your door. W to f i  ' .;

list and tree catalog. Order new direct from ad. n “r gpeuul a” maul" pr“.

Holland Hatchery & Poultry Farm, R7, Holland, Mich.

HIGH GRADE CHICKS

   

 

S. 0. English White Leghorns and H. (l. Alllililllfll. leuii stum
northern town chicks. hatched from ilm-ks (ill free range. KWe siilfi
b_y Pr Parcel Post and guarantee fi.ll.le8.(Zi.iull and i001. live dc
hvcry. Send in your order at once at the following prices or send
for catalog. Write for prices on Special matings, Semi 10% with
order. balance one week before chicks are shipped. i‘iin ship nii week.
50 Chicks 100 Chicks 600 Chicks 100(lGiiich
May Prices ...._...._._.$5.50 $11.00 $52.50 $100.00
June Prices _.......... 5.00 10.00 47.50 90.00
Broiler chicks ..................................................... .. $2.00 per 100 less

 

II. D. WYNGARDEN. R. 4, Box 81, Iceland, Michigan.

 

 

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Reduced Prices for BEE» l (fucks
F'OII JUNE—.HIULV—IIUGUST—Pure bred chicks, liiitclimi ii'lit, lento sud i
stroll!- postptud live delivery to your door. liinuurtiie i-zilniuu ice.

     

 

 

  

iii  lid -0'. ..,. i»_.u‘ out iiii'ks 10‘» 1mm 1 ‘iiiizku
'Nhite Leghorns.....$2.50 . . . . . . . . ..$5.0 . . . . . . . . ..$ 3.00 , . )4.) i0 . 85.
Barred Rock. . . . . . . .. 3.00 . . . . . . . . .. 6.00 . . . . . . . . .. 11.00 . , . . . .. fiz.  105,0.
$.C.R.l. Reds . . . . . . .. 3-00 . . . . . . . . .. 6.00 . . . . . . . . .. 11.00 . . . . . . . _ .. 52.50 . . . . . . .. 105.

Strongbroiler chicks, no breed aranloed, $7.00 per 100, utiilr .ium: int. linier early
right now! Lalo customers were l isupiminlvd lust ye-nr. (iimlii v Mini min-u lulll, Act imw:
BRURIMER-FREDRECKSON Pun/(TV Farm. Hwy )0, Holland, Mich.

BUY YOUR CHICKS NO 2
English Strain 8. 0. White Leghorns st....-,_.-... 8.00 or 100
Rhode Island RedS, 8. C. at ............... .. ...s11.00 gel- 100
Rhode Island Reds, R. C. at...  11.00 per 100
Anconas at .......................... ..  10.00 per 100
Broiler Chicks, mixed. at. .... .. .. p 7.00 per 100
Barred Rocks at ..................................... ..  .. 11.00 per 100
Order from Ad. Satisfaction guaranteed. l’UlJJfl‘l‘n inll “ENS
from above varieties for sale.

PROGRESSIVE POULTRY FARMS. Iceland. Mich.

 

 

 

 

c semiotic; B Prices on 25 50 1 00 600 1 000
6. . to rown horns 2.15 5.25 $10.00 1.50 .
A L” ""32 1!; ss 2 10 no u ‘38 3%

BIG, HUSKY CHICKS  .73.:

 

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Barred Rock R. I. 8008......m.-.“ 8.50 6.15 18.00 62.50 120.
0 40.00 7

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Assorted Ohio ..............-.._._.-..--..... 2.25 4.50 8.0 ,
Extra Select stock $1.00 per 100 higher. Well batched in modern msuhin
Each rdcr carefully packed un er our nsl attention. P

live 03mm Bonk reference. 1924 on g ready. “stunt 1003:

Winch-om Poultry Farm and Hatchery, Box A-S, Zulu-J, Mich.

N D E R   N ’3. FIRsmuss cmcES

{0.0%. Iivo'll an new:
mt M. Varieties Prices on 25 100 no

English White ' 3" .0- 00.00 $11.00 g
m oaks. II. 0. mill 0. 0. Racism 8.15 1.00 18.00 I
cm 2.50 4.50

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foot rot,
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For hog lice. skin diSeases
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Provide
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liip occasionally.
handy way.

Sprinkle in the dairy
barn. Keeps everything
sanitary and clean-smell-
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” Sprinkle or spray the
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disease germs.

There is scarcely an ani-
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MICHIGAN COWS THAT ARE
REAL PRODUCERS ‘

HERE have been and are yet a
lot of mighty good dairy cows
in the Wolverine State.

At Hillsdale, Glen Benedict has a
nice herd and in it Fayne Patterson
DeKol who made 536.3 pounds. milk
with 26.7 pounds butter; and Money
Milk «Segis, less than three years
old, with 436.4 pounds milk and
18.65 pounds butter. Fayne Patter-
son DeKol «was a hearty eater, con—
suming, besides hay, corn silage and
molasses, 29 pounds of Larro a. day
as her grain ration.

‘Mr. Benedict’s herd bull is Korn—
dyke Butter Boy Fayne DeKol, of
the line bred by that fine old man,
the late Henry Stevens at the
Brookside Herd in Lacona, New
York, and the blood has carried its
producing qualities to the fourth,
generation in this Michigan dairy.

Jerseys, too, are keeping money
in circulation in Michigan, with
Brown Swiss helping the good work
along. 1

Near Ann Arbor, H. 'B. Waters &
Son, have a herd of 40 Jerseys
headed by a Golden Jolly bull of
snap and style and good ancestry.
Alfalfa from 35 acres, 30 acres of
corn and 20 acres of oats help to
feed the herd. Succulent summer
feed is provided by green corn and
sunflower stalks run thru a. cutter
and fed with Larro sprinkled over
them. Sunflowers go into the silo
with the corn, also. I

An average yield of four gallons
of milk a day from his milking herd
shows the sort of cows W. H. Kop—
pler of Ann Arbor keeps. He has
a good Brown Swiss bull which he
uses on Jersey cows, and the heifers
are well grown and thrifty. Home
grown corn and oats are used with
Larro as the herd ration for the 50
head in the dairy.

Durand is the Michigan town
which is in the limelight now, be—
cause Mr. John E. Post, Postdale
Farm, has made a world’s record
for age with his Holstein-Friesian
cow, Lilith ‘Segis In'ka DeKol Johan,
in the seven day division. She is
four years old and has to her credit,
officially, 862.6 pounds of 2.71 per
cent milk, 23.386 pounds fat or 29.—
23 pounds butter, having calved
February 7, 1924. That is an aver-
age of 123.2 pounds a day, but one
day she milked 126 pounds. Her
thirty day record shows that she
sticks right to her work as it is
3,435 pounds milk and 92.219
pounds fat or 115.27 pounds butter.
These are world’s records for milk
in the four year old class.

Pedigree showing inherited abil-
ity plus good care and feeding, plus
ambition and perseverance and
hard work on the part of her owner
—all these had their part in mak—
ing this Michigan Holstein cow a
world’s record maker for her age
and breed.

er. Post has been breeding reg-
istered H‘olsteins only two years,
but he has “put his back into it”
and has a herd of 47 head which
would do credit to many a cattle
man of twice his age. He is a fair-
ly young man, but in dead earnest
in his efforts to do real constructive
work. Built on a foundation pur—
chased fom J. F. Ricman, of Flint,
the herd has been kept up to a high

standard.
The emphasis laid on Lilith
Inka’s record does not mean that

she is the only cow at Postdale
which deserves mention. The whole
herd is producing profitable, 35
pounds a day being the lowest
amount given by any milking fe—
male, while the highest is at pres-
ent 124.6 pounds. This is all the
more remarkable as there are only
six cows of mature age in the lot.

Careful feeding has a most im—
portant bearing on the work done at
Postdale. The cows are started off
with a. warm mash and then are fed
slowly and have their grain increas—
ed just as long as they respond to
the increase. Lilith, for instance,
ate as much as 35-pounds grain, 4-
'pounds cot seed meal and 26-
pounds 1.31 o with 32-quarts of beet
pulp and all the hay she would
clean up. Mr. Post feeds alfalfa as
long as he has any to feed.

Another detail that Mr. Post at-
tends to very carefully is the amount

 

 

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of water'his cows get. It is interest-
ing to know that when Lilith was
making 86.8 pounds milk a day she
drank 100.6. pounds «water. '

The calves on Mr. Post’s farm get

‘120 pounds milk a day and after

their wants are provided for, he
trucks over 1000 pounds each day
into Flint.

The above' mentioned Michigan
dairymen are interested in their
work, progressive and prosperous
and We hope that the story of their
success will be an inspiration not
only to beginners in this line of
work but to some :who have not en-
tirely without reason become rather
pessimistic in the last few years.

There is an old saying, “What
man has done, man can do,” and
there isn’t a. thing recited above
that hundreds more in the State of
Michigan cannot duplicate on their
own farms. The good land is there,
the good cows are there and the
possibility of success is there—it re-
mains only to use them intelligent-
ly with faith in the results.

 

CAN FEED CHAFF TO SO‘VS

Has clover chaff mixed with other
ground feed any feed value for
hogs?—C. R., ’Michigan.

~—There is no question but what
either clover or alfalfa hay is of
considerable value for hog feeding
and ,better results are obtained
when one or the other of these two
leguminous hays is kept in a rack
where hogs can have continuous ac—
cess to it.

There would also be some value
in soaking the clover chaff along
with the grain and feeding it in that
way. I Would not advise doing this,
however, with either growing or fat-
tening pigs, as .the growing or fat-
tening pig cannot handle a large
amount of fiber and does better
where he has access to it and take
only What he needs. '

The mature sows, however, may
be fed a ration containing a consid-
erable amount, say one—fifth to one-
fourth, of the total amount of her

feed in the form of either clover
chaff or alfalfa cliaff.——Geo. A.
Brown, Professor of Animal Hus-

bandry, M .A. C.

_ VETERINARY
I DEPARTMENT

HOLE IN SIDE OF COW”S TEAT

I have a Jersey cow that fresh-
ened in November and a few days
after cut one _of her teats on a barb
wire fence and left a, little hole in
the side. It healed all right but
the milk leaks out of it. Could you
tell me if there is anything I could
do to make it grow closed again?—
N. N., Grand Rapids, Mich.

——-—Holes in the side of the teat can
be cured by performing an operation,
scarifying the edges of the opening
and closing it with sutures. The
operation however, will need to be
done by a veterinarian who under—
stands this operation. It is best that
the operation be performed when
the cow is dry.—John P. Hutton,
Assoc. Prof. of Surgery and Medi-
cine, M. A. C.

 

 

FOR LICE ON CATTLE

AND HORSES

Please tell me if there is any pre—
paration to rub on cattle and horses
to rid them of lice?——A. H., Brown
City, Michigan.
——I would suggest that you try the
following: To one pound of Lark—
spur seed add one gallon of water,

REDIEDY

' let simmer on the stove for about an

hour. After cooling apply to the sur—
face of the skin with a. sponge and
rub well in. This treatment can be
repeated in two weeks if necessary.

Stables where the horses and cattle
are kept should be thoroughly clean-
ed and disinfected by spraying them
with some efficient disinfectant pre-
parationC—John. P. Hutton, Assoc.
Prof. of Surgery and Medicine, M.
A. C.

Taking Him at His Word
He was telling her about the members
of his football team.
“Now, there’s Johnson,” said he; “in a

I few weeks he will ‘be our best man.”

And then she lisped, “Oh! Jack, this is

, so sudden i”.——Exchange.

 

 
 

 

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Also Turkeys, Geese, Ducks.

This stock is ready for summer and fall delivery.
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Member International Baby Chick Association
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lintcliingL eggs $1.25 per 15. Postpaid.
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Mrs. FRED LOMP, St. Charles, Michigan.

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Mrs. Frank Mlllikln, Roscommon, liIJIch" R. 1.

WYANDO’I‘TES

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TEN EGGS FROM PURE TOULOUSE GEESE.
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Mrs. Amy Southworth, Cassopolls, R2.

DUCKS

M MMOTH PEKIN DUCK EGGS—$1.60 FOR
‘. r 24 or $9.00 per hundred.
Y, R. 4, Davlson, Michigan.

TURKEYS

EGGS FOR HATCHING

Bronze Turkeys, Toulouse Geese, Pekin Ducks and
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Our Barron stgfing English White

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$47.00 per 00; $95.00 per 1000.

25%. down, balance C. O. .
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STllllDY 0H|0K "fxlifillf'ifch. lull;
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better chicks available at same price.
low Erices after May 29th.

ltchfleld Hatchery. thohfleld, Michigan.

E 9‘ production
inners. No
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PUREBRED BABY cHIcKs. BARRED Rocks
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. E. HOPKINS of Allegan went
into the West Associa-
tion in June, 1923. He has a

well bred herd of Holsteins and sells
milk at wholesale. -

In a conversation with an exten-

sion man recently Mr. Hopkins said:
“The testing association work hasn’t
cost me a penny. It's made me
money! My cows on the average
produced me ten pounds more milk
apiece every day this winter than
last winter. I got this extra. milk
by knowing what my cows were do-
ing and feeding them so they could
give me the most milk at the lowest
cost.”

Mr. Dairyman! You can do this,
too! ' Mike L. Noon, President of the
Michigan State Farm Bureau, has
been in a cow testing association for
quite a few years. Ask him if it has
paid him on his grade cows. Mr.
Noon will rear up on his hind legs
and orate thusly, “Any man who
joins a cow testing association and
uses the information he gets in weed-
ing out his visitor cows and feeding
his good cows so they milk to capac-
ity and who. fails to get enough ex-
tra profit to pay his testing cost can
come to me and get his dues back
plus a. 60 per cent bonus.”

How's‘that? Mr. Noon knows be-
cause he has tried it himself.—R. H.
Addy, Dairy Extension Specialist, M.
A. C.

 

NORTH KENT TESTING ASSOCIA-
TION REPORTS
HE North Kent Cow Testing As-
sociation, Herbert Hansen, Test-
er, reports that 26 unprofitable
cows were sold during the year and
that there are at least an equal
number remaining in the association
that the members expect to sell soon.
Twenty-three of the 25 members mix
their own feed and 23 of the 25 mem-
bers have one or more silos. Eleven
herds have one or more purebred
cows and all herds are tuberculin
tested. There.are 19 purebred sires
owned by the association members,
seven of them Holsteins, six Guern-
seys, four Jerseys and two Short-
horns. Harry William’s cow carried
all the honors in the association
work. His purebred Holstein cow,
Piney Grove Segis Elzevere, five
years old, was high in both milk and
butter fat production. Mr. William’s
herd of seven purebred and grade
Holsteins was likewise high in both
milk and butter fat production.
Twenty-nine cows made better than
366 pounds of butter fat during the
association year. This association
has reorganized and Mr. Hansen is
continuing on the work—A. C. B.

\

LITTLE CHICKS SUFFER LEG
WEAKNIES
I wish you would kindly tell me
what is the matter with my little
chicks. They are about 17 days old
and have leg weakness. They eat
good but keep getting weaker and
finally die. I have them in a brood-
er house where it is warm all the
time. Nice days I let them out
door. I fed them oat meal the first
week then mixed feed with it. They
grew for two weeks nicely. Mrs.
L. M., Mt. Morris, Mich,

—The leg weakness which has oc-
curred in this fiock‘of chicks is in
all probability a nutritional dis-
turbance caused by an insuflicient
supply of green food. Leg weak-
ness usually occurs after the eighth
or ninth day if green food has been
neglected in the ration. It is al-
ways advisable to feed the chicks
green food in some form or other,
preferably sprouted oats, after the
fifth day.

Excellent results have been ob-
tained by feeding a mash mixture
containing bran and rolled cats with
tomato juice used for moistening.
Close confinement and an insufiici-
ent supply of mineral matter may
also cause stiffening of the joints.
We have found that the addition of
granulated bone, bone meal, and
calcium carbonate in the form of
ground limestone rock is very bene-
ficial providing a mash mixture con—
taining bran and rolled oats and cod
liver oil is given. Cod liver oil
should be fed at the rate of one half
pint to each five hundred chicks. It
can be emulsified with boiling water
if additional liquid is necessary. I
am sure these chicks will respond to
the above suggestions—E. C. Fore-
man, Professor of Poultry Husband—
ry, M. A. C.

 

 

   



 

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, , Varieties Prices on 25 50 100 500,
.r ,Whlte, Brown a. Buff L horns, ........ .. ..$2.15 $5.00 $10.00 $47.00
-Ber J: Wh. Rocks, R s, Anconas,-.  3.25 8.00 12.00 61.50
6‘ Wh. a. 8". Wyandots, Blk. Min ... .. 3.15 1.00 14.00 61.50
White a. Buff Orplngtons, Buff Rocks, ................ .. 815 1.00 14.00 81.50

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Varieties 500

s. 0. White, Brown & But? Leghorns .... "s4. 5 $9 00 $45.00 $85 00
s. c. Anconas  5.25 10.00 48. 95.00
Barred & White Rocks, s. C. 8: R. c. Reds 6.25 12.00 58.00 115.00
White .w andoues, Bun" Orplngtons .......... .. 15 00 83.00 125.00

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8| ver Wyandots, 100, 14.00: Mixed, all breeds $8 per 100.
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Varieties

   

Prices on 50 100 500 0
Wii. 8. c. a. R. 0. Br. a: Bull Leghorns...-----.-.~_..--$5. 0 $10.00 $47.00
Eng. Wh. Leghorns, Barred Rocks, Anconas, .......... .. 6.50 12.00 51.00
Blk. Minorcas, s. C. R. I. Reds. ......................... ..  6. 0 12.00 51.00
Wh. Wyandots J" Rocks Buff Orplngtons,... . 100 13.08 62.00

S. L. Wyandots. Bl. An alusians, R. l. Whites..." . 9. 0 8.0 _..-...
Assorted, from purebred flocks,...._.. .................... .. "$8.00 per 100 straight.
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 ‘34: Barred Rocks (Aristocrat) Grade A.» ------------ -——- 7-00 12-00 57-50 112-00

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' ' Agricultural College method tested stock.

' at once. Barred Rocks or Reds, lflnck
Minorcas 14c; W., Br. or Buff Leghorns 12c;_.81iep-
pard's Anconas 130; Bufl Orpingtons, White or
Silver Wyandotts Mixed. Large Brahmas 18c.
Heavy mixed broiler (flux 11c. Mixed spotted 
chix 9c. June Chlx like less each. Add 303 X\t
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, i_ , a d Ra ids Mich. White Leghorns,._-.$3.00 $5.50 $10.00 7.50

mm" "mm" 26 ’°” 6" " p ' grown Leghorns,_---.. 3.203 (egg 1138332150
. nconas .............. .. . . . 41.50

S. C. Whlte Leghorn s. c. a. n. l. Reds 3.15 7.00 13.00 02.50
Barred Rocks .... .. 315 00 13.00 82.50

baby chicks, $9.00 per 100. Barred Bock chicks,

12.00 i 100.
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,Our Baby Chicks

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Free to Asthma and Hay
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Can Use “lithout Discomfort Orpingtons. Large instructive catalog tell
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GOOSE mos CAN BE 
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Can goose eggs be hatched suc-
cessfully in an incubator?—Mrs. N.
R.-, Deerfield, Mich.

—Goose eggs can be successfully
hatched by artificial methods. It
has been our experience that the .hot
‘water type of incubator is slightly
superior for hatching goose eggs.
It, is advisable, however, to fre-
quently sprinkle the eggs with warm
water by means of a whisk broom
several times throughout the hatch-
ing period. A common practice is
to incubate the eggs by artificial
methods the first two weeks, after
which they can be transferred and
the incubation period completed
under the domestic hen. More satis-
factory results usually attend natur-
al incubation using either the goose
or the domestic hen.—E. C. Fore-
man, Professor of Poultry Husband-
ry, M. A. C.

SEND CHICKS TO M. A. 0.

Would be grateful for advice
about my baby chicks. They hatch—
ed out strong and healthy. Kept
them in incubator 36 hours, then
gave them water and fine sand, later
began feeding them. Did fine at
first but yesterday began to die.
Some seem to have stifl necks and
whirl around in circles and then die:
Some show signs of bowel trouble
and others just peep and get weak
and die, no signs of looseness of
bowels. I have chafl? in house and
fine sand on floor of brooder room,
plenty of clean fresh water, also
large chunk of sod. Too cold to put
them on range as they are only one
week old. Is buttermilk good for
chicks of this age? Their mash
contains dried buttermilk also char-
coal. Would you advise using a
White Diarrhea remedy? Would
White Diarrhea cause my chickspto
die without signs of bowel trouble?
——Mrs. H. R., Gladwin, Mich.

——The symptoms described would
indicate nutritional.disturbances al-
tho there is a possibility that many
of these chicks may be infected with
Bacillary White Diarrhea. The Bac-
teriology Department, under the
direction of Doctor H. J. Stafseth, is
conducting a poultry clinic and I
would suggest sending him a num-
ber of affected chicks in a. live con-
dition if possible. These should be
mailed or sent by prepaid parcel
post.

We would recommend giving the
entire flock a feed once per day con-
sisting of bran, rolled oats, and to—
mato juice, also a fed of bran, rolled
oats and cod liver at the rate of one
half pint of cod liver to each five
hundred chicks. The cod liver oil
treatment should be given on three
alternate days and the tomato juice
mixture may be given daily until
the chicks are permitted free range.

We would certainly recommend
the use of either skim milk or but-
termilk for young chicks. The high
lactic acid content suppresses the
development of many undesirable
bacteria and more over, develops
stronger resistance because of its
high feeding value. To my know-
ledge, there is no satisfactory treat-
ment for chicks affected With Bacil-
lary White Diarrhea.—E. C. Fore-
man, Professor of Poultry Hus-
bandry, M. A. C.

POWDERING BABY CHICKS FOR
LICE

KE 8. paper flour sack, cut the

top off, put in two spoonsful of

powder. Then put in your
chicks, 2 to 4 at a time accordingly
to the size, grasp the sack tightly
and shake it and roll upside down
several times. The chicks flutter
their wings, throwing the powder,
among their feathers. Then open
sack quickly and grab chicks out
with both hands if they are very
small. I sometimes blow in their
little faces if necessary to get pow-
der off but very seldom. By the
time you grab another bunch for
your sack they are gone. I have
them all caught in a large tub with
a gunny sack over them so they are
handy. One can do this with suc—
cess in a few moments. In about
'eight to ten days treat again, and
you will agree with me it is easier
than any other you ever tried.—
Mrs. R. N. -

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In the year of 1893 I
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as only those Who are
thus afflicted know, for
over three years. I tried
remedy after remedy,
but such relief as I o -
tamedwas only tempor-
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treatment that cured
me completely, and
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has never returned. I
have given it to a num-
beI'.WhO were terribl
afflicted, even bedrid:
den, some of them sev-
enty to eighty years
old, and the results
were the same as in my
own case. I

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of getting rid of such
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you may send the price
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to send it.
fair? Why suffer any
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day.

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No.265-K Durston Bldg.

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June chicks grow rapidly and
strong, due to warm weather,
plenty of green stuff and insect
food. They mature quickly.
A June Wyngarden pullet Will
lay early in November. when
prices of eggs
Figure out the
for yourself.

Order NO‘V from

These Low Prices
SELECTED MATINGS (Eng-
lish W. Leghorns, Brown Leg-
horns, Anconus) 50, $5. 100
$10. 1,000, $90.
EXTRA SELECTED LIAT-
INGS (saute breeds) 50, $6.
100, $12. 1,000, $110.
SPECIAL STAR MATING
(English “2 Legliorns) 50, $7.
100, $14. 1,000, 0.
ODDS AND ENDS (broilers)
100, $8. 1,000, $70.

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Every chick pure bred an
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Eng White L h Prices °£e g0) 3111‘02) $552030
. orns ...... .. . . .
Barred Rocks, ?. l. Reds, 1.00 13.00 82.00

Wh. Rocks and Wyandottes.. 8.00 15.00 ...... ..
Postpaid. 1000/ live delivery. You take no
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city. No Catalog. Order from this ad.

WASHTENAW HATOHERY
Geddes Rd. Ann Arbor. Mich.

--- ROYAL ---
EGG-BRED CHICKS

200 Egg Strain s. C. English White Leghorn:
Ind Brown Le horns. Our pen of White Leghorns
to let rize best.W. Leghorn pen in the show)
reduction class, in the largest utility show in
he country held at Zeeland. Michigan. Dec. 2
Prof. E. Foreman of M. II. c. Judging. 12 years
of careful breeding for high egg-production, com-
bined With. 8 years of highly successful hatchery
$332333 g'igtgio/ymfi chidck's that grow into money
. ,, ve elver uarant . '
for free cataloz and prices.y a “d write

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MAY and JUNE CHICKS

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Chicks 6V20 Up for June Delivery
Rocks, Reds. Minorcas, Anconas and
Legliorns. \Ve breed and own Inter-
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Bree Catalog. Get full prices be

fore ordering elsewhere.
POULTRY FARM. Holland, Mich.
O I
Chicks With Pep
GREAT OUT IN PRICES. Strong.
Vigorous chicks from our bred-to
la hens. LEGHO and AN~
C NAS. 100 each. KS. REDS,
MINORCAS. WH. \ ANDO'I‘TES,
13c. ORPINGTONS, SIL. \VYAN-
DOTTES, 15c. MIXED, 0c.

Postpaid. Full live (1 liver r-
enteed. Free Cataloge y gun

Holgate Chick Hatchery, Dept. B, Holgate, Ohio,

TANCRED -- BARRON
200 to 300 egg bred line.
\\ onderful layers of large
white c ggs‘ that bring
premium prices. v e r
2,000 selected. free range
breeders mated to choicest
pedigreed sires. Quality
chicks 0%0 up. Prepaid,
parcel post, 100 % live
arrival guaranteed. \Vrite
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UALII'Y '
Suxcxs New Prices
Prompt Fgee Live Delivery. Per 100 Leghorns, $10: Rocks,

- Reds, Orpingtons,Wyandottes, Anconas, $12: Lt. B as
815; Assorted, 1.00. Free Catalog gives quantitnirices:

 

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RHODE _
Stock Eggs for hatching and Baby
chicks $20.00 per hundred. Hate
er hundred. June Chicks $10.0 per hundred,
ggs $7.00 per hundred. Hen hatched chicks
on request.
WM. H. FROHM, R1, New Baltimore, Mich.

SA B Y c H l c K s--REMARKABLE FOR SIZE
and strength. Reasonable prices. Leghorns, An-

ISLAND REDS—TOMPKINS STRIIN
Chicks. May

 

cones, Rocks. _ Reds. “ yandottes, Orpmgtons,
Minorcas, Spanish, Brahmas.
TYBONE POULTRY FARM. Fenton, Michigan.

 

WHITTAKER’S R. I. RED CHICKS AND EGGS
for hatchingE Both Combs. Michigan’s Greatest
Color and gg Strain. Reduced prices for the
balance of the season.

INTERLAKES FARM. Box 4. Lawrence, Mich.

BABY  BARRON s. c.

horns. Special low prices.
100% alive deliver guaranteed. Write for rice
list. .HENRYVWA ERWA‘V. R4. Holland. ioh.

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THE

RED BOOK WHEAT IS GOOD
FLOUR PRODUCER

(Continued from Page 4)

about it. The local banker, Mr.
Frank Williams placed an exhibit in
his window and told his friends. AS
a result, John Odell sold out. The
County Agent instructed the farm—
ers how to keep seed pure and saw
to it that the pure seed was properly
distributed 'to other farmers in
1916. In 1917, I personally in-
spected over 300 acres in Allegan
county that had less than a half of
one percent of other varieties.

Only a few counties took care of
the first distribution of .Red Rock
and some of the lots were lost to
pedigree through carelessness. It is
likely that a thousand bushels of
Red Rock Were sown for seed in
Michigan in the fall of 1915, and ac-
cording to a United States Depart—
ment of Agriculture investigation in
1919 there were 146,000 acres of
Red Rock in Michigan. The vari—
ety is being extensively grown in
southern Michigan, Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio and other states.

On acoount of the extra stiff
straw, Red Rock has been able to
carry some unusually heavy yields
to harvest. Mr. George Hurteau of
Allegan lives on a piece of heavy
land that only a few years ago was
a cattle wallow. It has been well
drained, and being unusually fertile
has produced close to fifty bushels
of Red Rock. A yield of 52 bushels
of Red Rock was obtained on sim-
ilar land at Three Oaks. In these
cases the Wheat did not lodge. Un—
de'r conditions like this the quality
of Red Rock is equalled by none
that is grown in Michigan.

A large number of artificial
crosses were made in wheat in 1912,
1916, 1919 and more recent years.
One of the crosses made in 1912,
was between Red Rock and Berkley,
a hard red winter wheat that is also
more winter hardy than Red Rock.
Out of this cross a new wheat was
distributed in 1921 under the name
of Berkley Rock. This is a hard
wheat, with a straw that is equal in
stiffness to the average of Michigan
varieties. It is an exceptionally
good milling and baking wheat, and
is more winter hardy than Red
Rock. Although it does not yield
more than Red Rock under ordinary
conditions it outyields it when the
winter is severe and Red Rock has
been injured. These are the condi—
tions in the Thumb district where
Red "Rock is grown only as one of
many varieties.

The inspection of fields with ped-
igreed wheat will occur in June and
pedigreed seed of either Red Rock

 

or Berkley Rock can ’be obtained
after harvest by addressing the
Secretary of the Michigan Crop Im—
provement Association of East
Lansing, Michigan.
OR MONEY! MONEY!
(Continued from Page 10.)
“Money!” ejaculated Mr. Smith, in

genuine amazement. “You don’t mean
that she’s really letting money stand in
the way if Mellicent cares for him? Why,
it was only a year ago that she herself
was bitterly ccnsui‘ing Mrs. Pennock for
doing exactly the same thing in the case
of young Pcnnock and MelliCent.“

“I know,” nodded Miss Maggie.
~—she seems to have forgotten that.”

“Shoe’s on the other foot this time.”

“It seems to be.”

“Hm-m !” muttered Mr. Smith.

“I don’t think Jane has done much yet,
by way of opposition. You see they’ve
only reached home, and She’s just found
out about it. But she told me she
shouldn‘t let it go on, not for a moment.
She has other plans for Mellicent.”

“Shall I be—mieddling in what isn't
my business, if I ask what they are?"
queried Mr. Smith diffidently. “You know
I am very much interested in—Miss Mel-
licent.”

“Not a 'bit. I’m glad to have you.
Perhaps you can suggestna way out for
us,” sighed Miss Maggie. "The case is
just this: Jane wants Mellicent to marry
Hihbard Gaylord.”

“Shucksl I’ve seen young Gray only
once, but I’d give more for his little
finger than I would for 'a cartload of
Gaylord’s!” flung out Mr. Smith.

“So would 1,” approved Miss Maggieil
“But Jane—~well, Jane feels otherwise.
To begin with, she’s very much flattered
at Gaylord’s attentions to Mellicent—the
more so because he’s left Bessie—I beg
her pardon, ‘Elizabeth’—for her.”

“Then Miss Elizabeth is in it, too?”

“Very much in it. That’s one of the
reasons why Hattie is so anxious for
more money.. She wants clothes and
jewels for Bessie so she can keep pace
with the Gaylords. You see there’s a
wheel within a wheel here.”

"I should say there was !"

“But

 

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FOOTE’S MARKET LETTER

BY W. W. FOOTE -

The Farmer's Outlook
N all sides there is a determina-
tion among farmers to avoid
mistakes made in recent years
and to so diversify their crops as to
prevent serious losses in the event
of bad crops of certain grains. In-
tensive farming methods are becom-
ing comparatively common in vari-
ous states of the middle west, and
the prevailing idea is to make small-
er acreage produce more than in the
past instead of increasing the acre-
age. This has proved a winner in
recent years, and boys have taught
their elders how to make a single
acre produce much more com than
heretofore. Manure piles are being
put to their only proper use, while
limestone is used as a helper in pro-
duction more and more every year.
For instance there is Ohio. Farm-
ers of that state used 170,052 tons
of limestone last year, comparing
with 149,054 tons in 1922 and 97,-
951 tons in 1921. Farm wages are
very high, while many helpers are
not much real help, and the farmer
is forced to try new methods. Where
the farms are large enough and the
land lies right, tractors are being
used with great success, and an
Iowa farmer says he had a tractor
in use recently for fourteen hours,
in that time plowing nineteen acres,
while a neighboring farmer used
two teams of horses four days in
plowing twenty acres. The farm on
which this tractor work was done
covers 200 acres, and the owner has
sold his last two teams of horses,
having four tractors for working
the farm, about all of which is un-
der cultivation. Farmers are busy
with their field work, and the corn
acreage is expected to be some larg-
er than a year ago, live stock engag-
ing a large share of the farmers’
time in the corn belt states. Michi-
gan farmers are expected to plant
about the same number of acres
with beans as last year, with some
switching over by some farmers to
the red kidney variety. Fortunate-
ly, sheep raising ranks high in Mich—
igan, and the industry never looked
more promising than it does now.
The pig crop is coming along satis-
factorily in most districts, but feWer
cattle are feeding than a year ago.

Our Foreign Trade

Increasing exports and decreasing
imports characterized the foreign
trade of the United States for the
ten months ending with April, as
compiled by the commerce depart-

ment.
For April

 

merchandise exports

were $348,000,000, against $325,-
492,175 for the corresponding
month last year. This compared

In
were

with imports of $324,000,000.
April, 8. year ago, imports
$364,252,544.

Experts for the ten months end-
ing with April were valued at $3,-
670,938.080, against $3,320,416,-
950 for the corresponding period
ending in April, 1923, an increase
of $350,521,130. Imports for the
ten months period were $2,977,077,-
487, against $3,088,186,074 for the
corresponding period last year, a de-
crease of $111,108,587.

Gold imports exceeded gold ex-
ports during April by $44,027,578,

. and for the ten months ending April

1924, by $341,425,235.

Silver experts for April were val-
ued at $7,804,689, against $4,336,-
338 for April, 1923. Imports of silv—
er for April were $3,907,745, again-
st $4,261,869 for April, 1923.

Agricultural Conditions Improved

Julius H. Barnes, president of the

f Chamber of Commerce of the Unit—
‘ ed States, reports improving condi-

' tions in agriculture.

In a summary
of a report he made the other day to
President Coolidge, he said: “The
increased acreage of spring sown
grains shows confidence and energy
on the farm and show as well an in-
telligent shift to better paying
crops. Corn, oats and flaxseed show
increased sowings, and the prices of
those grains are today on a full im-
port basis with full duty protection.
"The outlook is promising for better

'yields of wheat in those sections

 

 

 

MARKET

Wheat, corn and oats quiet at Detroit.
wheat and corn active, oats dull.

S U M M A R Y
Chicago market for
Rye firm on all markets. Butter

easy and supply liberal. Eggs in demand. Poultry steady to easy.

Potatoes quiet.
higher

Dressed calves wanted. All live stock is steady to

 

(Note: The above summarized Information was received AFTER the balance of the mar-

ket page was set In type. It contains last minute Information

(10an to press—Editor.)

up to within one-half hour of

 

 

 

that suffered last year, and with
prices of high-grade Wheat in Kans-
as City and Minneapolis from 20 to
30 cents higher than in Canada the
farm is securing a measure of bene-
fit from the national policy of pro-
tection. Co-operative marketing
methods are improving.”

The Department of Agriculture
has just issued a mimeograph re-
lease, entitled “An Analysis of the
Retail Price of Potatoes GrOWn in
Maine, Minnesota, Wisconsin and
Michigan, and Sold in Boston, Chi-
cago, and Pittsburgh.” This publi-
cation presents the portion of the
retail price which on the average
accrues to each agency by which po-
tatoes are ordinarily handled in get-
ting them to the consumer. The
Report is limited to potatoes grown
in Maine, Minnesota, Wisconsin and
Michigan and marketed at retail in
principal large consuming centers
tributary to these producing areas.
The services which are rendered by
these various agencies, and which
must be performed by any organiza-
tion which hopes to suppliant any of
the existing agencies, whether such
organization be a private agency or
a growers’ cooperative organization,
are also discussed. This Report may
be obtained by writing to the U. S.
Department of Agriculture, Bureau
of Economics, Washington, D. C.

Shipping Michigan Potames

Forty local cooperative marketing
associations of the Michigan Potato
Growers’ exchange had on May 1
shipped 2,257 carloads of potatoes,
Edmore leading with 185, Mcllain
second with 157, Greenville, 153,
Falniouth 135. Twenty-seven of the
associations showed an increase ov—
er last year’s total.

Moderate Trade in Grains

Speculation in wheat and other
grains lags most of the time and is
far smaller than before the war, par—
ticularly in wheat, the future of the
market beiing extremely uncertain
because of doubts as to federal legis-
lation affecting values. Wheat prices
do not change much, there being
fractional advances, followed by
small declines, and prices are far be-
low those paid in recent years. May
wheat has been selling on the Chi-
cago Board of Trade below $1.05,
comparing with $1.20 a year ago;
while about two years ago it sold
around $1.41. Corn has been selling
around 76 cents for May delivery,
comparing with 81% cents a year
ago and 61 cents two years ago.
May oats sell around 47 cents, com-
paring with 43 cents last year and
37 cents two years ago. May rye is
down to 65 cents, comparing with
781/2 cents a year ago, and it is

 

strange that its cheapness fails to-

stimulate exports to European coun-
tries. There have been good exports
from North America of wheat in
some late weeks, but most of the
time exports of breadstuifs have ran
far below those made a year ago.
Corn and oats exports are moderate
in volume, anl all the cereals are in
ample supply. Barley is selling in
Minneapolis at 69 cents, which com-
pares with 60 cents a year ago.
Country offerings of corn have drop-
ped oif because farmers are busy in
the fields. The Chicago Tribune
says: “An offer of new winter wheat
for July shipment from the country
was received yesterday by a cash
house which refused to bid on the
grain. The basis for the refusal is
said to have been the fact that if
they bought the grain and hedged it
they stood to lose around 50c per
bushel in case the McNary bill went
into effect while the best they could
make on the transactions was the
commission charge. ’
Doings in Hog Market
Considering the huge marketing of
hogs in western packing points, it is
strange that prices have held up as
well as they did during recent weeks.
Of course, the explanation is found
in the unusual cheapness of hog pro-
ducts, particularly fresh pork pro-
ducts, which increases their domestic

consumption. Despite the enormous
marketing of swine month after
month, stocks of provisions have

been decreasing, and they are much
smaller in western markets than a
year ago. It seems probable that
after the middle of June marketing
of hogs will show a fair falling off,
and in that case it would be fair to
look for better prices during the fol-
lowing two months. For the present
year to late date the combined re—
ceipts in twenty markets have
mounted up to, 17,620,000 hogs, com-
paring with 16,793,000 for the like
period last year and with 12,654,000
for the same time two years ago.
Some enormous supplies have come
on the Chicago market within a short
time, but they sold much better than
might have been expected, the bulk
of the sales covering a range of 30
cents per 100 pounds, with heavy
butcher weights going especially
well at top quotations. Looking
backward it is recalled that one year
ago hogs were selling in the Chicago
stock yards for $6.20 to $7.95, while
the recent top stood at $7.65. The
hogs offered on the Chicago market
of late averaged 234 pounds. Rough
heavy hogs sell as low as $6.75.
The Cattle Industry

Fewer cattle have been shipped to
feeding districts in the corn belt
states this year than a year ago, and

 

 

HOLD YOUR BEANS

R. ART GOULET of the Orr Bean and Grain Company, Midland,
believes that farmers can blame themselves for the condition

of the bean market in Michigan.

He writes as to the effect that r

if the farmers would hold their beans and store them on their own
farms instead of at some elevator prices would be higher. Some deal-
ers will sell themselves short and then they are interested in bearing
the market so that the farmers who stored their beans with them will
tell them to send a check for the beans before the price goes any low-

81'.

In other words, the dealer sells the beans the farmers stored

with him for a price that suits him before he has purchased them
from the farmer and then it is up to the dealer to keep the price down
below what he received, because if it went above he would lose
money; the result is, the lower price he pays the more money he

7 makes.

Mr. Goulet thinks that prices will go up again if the farmers

will keep their beans off the market awhile and if they have any stor-
ed hold on to them. We will have an article in our June 7th issue
that will be of great interest and value to the bean growers of Mich-
gan and we hope-you will all watch for it.

 

 

 
 
 

decide.

    

there appears to be no danger of
overproduction of beef the coming
summer, although many farmers are
sending back their herds to the mar-
kets after a short feed. Recent Chi-
cago receipts of cattle were not par-
ticularly large, but too many came
in on Monday, and prices broke on
that day 25 to 40 cents under ar-
rivals of 24,352 head, recovering
most of the fall later in the week,
with much smaller offerings, The
bulk of the beef steers received for
the week sold at a range of $8.50 to
$11.25, with the best class of
weighty, long-fed steers taken at $11
to $11.90 and the best yearlings
offered taken at $11 to $11.50 while
no good steers went below $10. Com-
mon to fair steers were salable at
$7.40 to $9.90, and inferior little
steers brought $4.50 to $7.35. Cows
and heifers in the butcher class sold
at $4.10 to $11.10, but very few sold
up to $9.50. Canner and cutter
cows sold at $2 to $4, bulls at $3.50
to $7.50 and calves at $5 to $11.50.
Stockers and feeders were taken at
$5 to $10, with a good demand for
the better class and not enough good
ones offered to go around. Nothing
desirable sells below $7.25, and sales
are largely at $7.25 to $8.50. Good
stock cows and heifers are offered
at $4.50 to $6. A year ago common
to prime beef steers sold at $7 to
$10.50 and nine years ago at $7 to
$9.35.

Good Lamb Market

Well fattened lambs that are not
too heavy to suit the popular taste
meet with a strong demand at high
prices, but heavy lots have to sell
at quite a discount, as well as poor-
ly finished shipments.

 

WHEAT

Last week the Wheat market
gained some strength and prices ad-
vanced slightly. The gain in prices
was small but all that could be ex-
pected considering the dullness to
trading, and dealers are in hopes
that the low point in prices for this
grain has been reached and a better
tone yvill prevail from now on. The
best demand is for export. Foreignv
ers are consuming large quantities
at present and the demand will un-
doubtedly continue for some time.
The market is in a position, accord-
ing to observers, to respond prompt-
ly to any reports of serious damage
to the crop, and reports from the
country have not been very favor-
able the past few days and it looks
as though conditions were not going
to improve in the near future. Re-
ceipts are small at the present time.

 

CORN

Corn shows little life as no one
seems to want it. There is not
much corn going to market at the
present time as farmers are busy
with spring planting but an increase
in movement is expected in a short
time.

 

OATS
The Detroit oat market follows
the trend of corn and there is little
doing in the way of trading at that
point. At Chicago a steady tone
prevails. Recepits are moderate
and shipping demand quiet.

RYE
_ The rye market shows a fair de-
mand at Detroit but buyers are not
inclined to bid up prices. Chicago
shows no change over a week ago.

 

BEANS

The Detroit market is dull and
prices are slightly lower than they
were two weeks ago. New York re-
ports conditions unchanged and no
increase in the general demand.
Receipts were small last week and
dealers were able to sell what they
had at a very satisfactory price. The
majority of the dealers sold only ‘-
when they could get their own price,
while there were a few that were

willing to shade the price.  A

Are you undecided as to howmany. .
acres to plant this year? « If you are, .
maybe the “article, by ILA. Little, on
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...- seasonal temperatures. The

' , ‘ POTATOES -

a: Potatoes are active and steady on
' nearly all of the larger markets of
the country.
chased, by some but only the best

' grades find purchasers. The dealer
who has old .potatoes on hand at
present is ready to shade the price
some to make a quick sale, accord-
ing to reports.

HAY

Light receipts of hay caused a
firmer tone in most markets last
week. The general demand for hay
is narrow but the very small supply
of desirable grades has strengthened
the general situation and the aver-
ages of.values shows a gain over
week before last. 'Two -or three
markets are still fully supplied and
inclement weather restricted deliv—
eries, but this is the exception, all
other points showing firmer tenden-
cies.

 

 

. ‘MARKET QUOTATIONS

 

 

Wheat
Detroit—Cash No. 2 red, $1.12;
No. 2 white, $1.13; No. 2 mixed,
$1.12.
Chicago—Cash No. 2 hard, $1.06;

Prices one year ago—-Detroit,
Cash No. 2 red,_ No. 2 white, and No.
mixed, $1.34.

Corn

Detroit—Cash No. 3, yellow, 82c;
No. 4, 78c.

Chicago—aCash No. 2 yellow, 79@
80c.

Prices one year ago—Detroit,
Cash No. 2 yellow, 870; No. 3, 860;
No. 4, 83c.

Oats

Detroitr—Cash No. 2 white, 53c;
No. 3, 50c.

Chicago—Cash No. 2 White, 49c;
No. 3, 47@49c.

Prices one year ago—Detroit,
Cash No. 2 White, 50c; No. 3, 48%0.

Rye
Detroit—Cash No. 2, 70c.
Chicago—Cash No. 2, 65c.

Prices one year ago—Detroit,
Cash No. 2, 81c.
Beans
Detroit—C. H. P., $4.30@4.35

per cwt.
Chicago—-—C. H. P., $4.90 per cwt.

 

  

Week of. May 25
Memorial Day Stormy

EMORIAL DAY in most parts
of Michigan will appear threat-
ening to stormy but with about

wind

will be high in force and scattered
rains or showers with local electrical
storms are probable.
Rain and Wind First Week

Moderate rains will be falling in
many sections of Michigan at the be-
ginning of this week and will be ac-
companied with high winds. Immedi-
ately following this storm period,
however, Michigan residents may ex-
pect a couple of days nice weather.

Temperatures will warm up just pre-

vious to Decoration day.

Week of June 1

With the exception of about Tues-
day and Wednesday the week of
June 1 Will be fair. During the
middle part of the week there will
be a tendency to some showers and
wind. The temperatures for the en-
tire week will average below normal
and frosts are liable to hit some
sections.

June 0001; July Wet

June temperatures will range be-
low the average; July will be better
and August will record some very
high readings. While the precipita-
tion during June will probably aver-
age nornial, July is expected to turn
very wet. August will dish up a little
of everything in weather for- the
Michigan farmer including electrical
and wind storms, hall and fog.

Farm [Outlook Poor

August and September will be poor
' months for the farmer and his crops
I either from a market or weather

 standpoint. It will not be a bad
season, for any farmer, however,
will be able to work With the

 

 

 

Old stock being pur- ,

Prices. one :year ago—eDetroit,
C.‘H. P., $7.25 per cwt.

— Potatoes 
Detroit—Z$I.43@ 1.50 per cwt.
C.hicago-—$1.20@1.50 per cwt.
Prices one year ago—Detroit, $1-

“33@1.50 per cwt.

HAY .

Detroit—No. 1 timothy, $23.50@
24; No. 2, $21@23; standard and
light mixed, $22.50@23; No. 1
clover, $21@23 per ton. -

Chicago—No. 1 timothy, $25@
27; No. 2, $21@23; No. 1 clover,
$206022; light timothy and clover
mixed, $22@24 per ton.

Prices one year ago—Detroit,
No. 1 timothy, '$17.50@18; stand-
ard and light mixed, $16.50@17;
No. 2 timothy, $15.50@16.50; No.
1 clover, $13@14 per ton.

CONDITIONS ON MICHIGAN
FARMS

LANSING, May 15.—_The cool and
wet weather in May has delayed
seeding to some extent, although oats
and barley is completed, and ground
is being prepared for corn. Planting
has commenced in southern half of
the State. Reports received by L.
Whitney Watkins, Commissioner of
Agriculture, and Verne H. Church,
Agricultural Statistician, U. S. Bu-
reau of Agricultural Economics, in-
dicate that the acreage of oats and
barley sown is nearly normal al-
though probably slightly less than
last year in some localities due to the
delay in seeding. Both crops have
germinated slowly and need warm
weather.

Wheat and rye are in excellent
condition and making good growth.
Meadows and pastures have been
slow in starting but are improving
now. New seedings were more or
less injured throughout western
Michigan by dry weather last year.

Potatoes are moving very slowly
to market. Some sections are prac—
tically cleaned up but in others the
farmers are holding in hopes to. real-
ize better prices. The bean market
is stagnant, and while there are con—
siderable quantities of beans on hand
in some localities, there are but few
moving. Hay is being marketed quite
freely at fairly good prices, and the
surplus in many sections has been
disposed of.

Fruit prospects are generally good
except— peaches which will be a light
crop in the heavy producing sections.
The buds have advanced slowly due
to the cool weather.

Live stock is mostly in good con-
dition and has just been turned onto
pastures, which is later than usual.

 

 

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May 27—“The Horse in the Horse
Market,” by G. E. Wentworth,
Supt, Union Stock Yards. “Science
and the Soil,” by O. F. Jensen, Soil
Improvement Committee.

May 30—“Education in the Live
Stock and Meat Industry," by W.
W. Woods, Vice-president in charge,
Institute of American Meat Packers.
“Among Our Neighbors,” a regular
weekly feature furnished by the
Orange Judd Illinois Farmer—Tom
L. Wheeler, Editor, Indiana Farm-
er’s Guide, on “A Hole in the Milk
Pail.”

June 3—“What the Agricultural
Engineer Is and Does,” by K. J. T.
Ekblaw, American Society of Agri-
cultural Engineers. “The Cow-—
Community Builder,” by A. D.
Lynch, Director of Dairy Marketing,
Illinois Agricultural Association.
Special feature by champion dairy
calf club judging team, Whiteside
County, Illinois.

June 6—“Cattle Kings From Club
Work," by Dr. R. F. Eagle, Wilson
and Company. “Among Our Neigh-
bors,” a regular weekly feature fur-
nished by the Orange Judd Illinois
Farmer——~David C. Waterman, Dir-
ector of the Service Bureau, on
“Parasites on the Farmers’ Pocket-
books.”

 

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From the Publish". Desk of
The Business Farther, ,May -
10th, 192.4, issue.

* ‘ * there has been consider-
able discussion regarding the safety
ot the mutual automobile insurance
companies and this department has
been asked many times for its opin-
ion as to the safety of this or that
company operating in the state.

In the first place, all state mutuals
are under the direct control of the
Department of Insurance, to which
they must make regular reports and
by which they are annually audited.

In a mutual company each mem—
ber is equally responsible with every
other member for the full liabilities
of the company, so in the canes ot the
one that failed at Grand Rapids
when the insurance commissioner
has finally settled up this company
there will be no outstanding liabili-
ties and each member who is col—
lectable will have had to pay his pro—
portion by an assessment, to clean
up all liabilities in full.

The only advice that we could
give through this page as to which
company to_ select would be that you
make sure that the company you
are going into is strongly financed
and has a large membership. We
would advise against going into one
which insures principally in Detroit,
Grand Rapids, and other cities where
the liability is much higher than it is
in the rural districts, and we would
further advise that you have the
agent who sells the insurance explain
to you carefully from the policy it-
self exactly what you can expect in
case of accident or collision as most
Of these policies contain “deduct—
able” clauses which make the insur—
ance much cheaper to buy but nat—
urally of less value to the purchaser.

It is our opinion that no farmer
can afford to drive an automobile or
truck on the roads of Michigan who
is not insured at least against lia-
bility, whether or not he can afford
to carry his own fire and collision in—
surance is a matter for he himself
to decide, but the risk of a suit for
damages which might run five thou-
sand dollars or more is too much for
any man to carry unprotected.

Of this paper 
.thlnks aOut ‘

insurance fOr

in mind.

a safe mutual.

ing and renewing 46,050 policies.

members when trouble comes.

ning of 1923, an increase of $181,184.10!
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Any agent of this company will be glad to go over with you every detail of the policy we write and explain to
you every clause, just exactly what it means and what you are paying for.

into is strongly financed * * * *"

you understand the policy you are buying, as we are to insure you.

We offer the business farmers of Michigan insurance in an old, strongly financed, powerfully organized mut-
ual company, at rates which show a greater saving and a greater security than you can get anywhere else and
this fact is endorsed by our ten years of successful experience and the $1,664,000.00 we had paid out to policy

holders up to the first of this year.

Read again what your editor said in closing:

“It is our opinion that no farmer can afford to drive an automobile or
truck on the roads of Michigan who is not insured at least against lia-
bility, whether or not he can afford to carry his own fire and collision
insurance is a matter for he himself to decide, but the risk of a suit
for-damages which might run five thousand dollars or more, is too
much for many men to carry unprotected."

and then write :

WILLIAM E. ROBB, Secretary

CITIZENS MUTUAL
AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE

COMPANY OF HOWELL, MICHIGAN ‘

For full information and rates, just tell us the make and model of your car or truck on a post-card!

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HEN the editOr of The Business Farmer wrote the attached. article for
his “Publisher’s Desk” Department, he must have had this company

Citizens mutual insurance is now carried by the best class of business
farmers in every county in Michigan and for the very reasons which the
editor has pointed out to his readers, as the outstanding requirements of

AGE—This company now 10 years old, is the pioneer mutual automobile
insurance company in Michigan and we have a record back. of us for
square and fair dealing that is the pride of the men behind this company
and the envy of the other fellows who are trying to follow in our footsteps.

NUMBER OF MEMBERS.—This company made a record in 1923, by writ-
This amazing record of achieve-
ment was accomplished by a staff 0f representatives in every county in
the state who not only write insurance, but look after the interests of our

AMOUNT OF CURRENT ASSETS—This company had on hand at the
start of the tenth year, $407,683.55, as against $226,499.45 at the begin-
Think what that means in se-
That is what your editor meant when he said:

“The only advise we could give through this page as to which company
to select, would be that you make sure that the company you are gomg

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